RICS has reported that the lettings market remains buoyant, as increased tenant demand and a shortage of properties pushes rents higher. >> More
The number of house sales in the UK in August increased by 0.9% compared to July, according to the latest Agency Express Property Activity Index. >> More
Flat Living writes to Grant Shapps, Minister for Housing and Local Government, to ask for reconsideration of the government's decision not to proceed with the service charge accounting regulations under the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002. >> More
The number of first-time buyers increased by 80% in July, according to John Charcol.
First-time buyers are seeing flatsharing as means of getting onto the property ladder more quickly, according to easyroommate.co.uk. >> More
Conveyancing Alliance Ltd, the online conveyancing distributor, has today revealed a strong quarterly and year-on-year increase in both purchase instructions and completions, while remortgage activity continues to remain static. >> More
Moneyfacts is the latest to issue such a warning – the starkest yet. >> More
Assurant Intermediary has warned advisers to ensure that clients are actually ensuring their properties for the correct amount. >> More
The new member of the Monetary Policy Committee has warned that Britain faces a “significant” risk of a double dip recession. >> More
Landlords’ confidence in buy-to-let has fallen in the last three months, data from the landlord sentiment survey by LSL Property Services. >> More
A multi-millionaire boxing tycoon, already facing charges of mortgage fraud and obtaining money illegally, has appeared in court again, this time to accompany his wife who faces similar charges. >> More
A couple who bought a house that was in the process of being repossessed have spoken out against both the Law Society and the Solicitors Regulation Authority, claiming they “wanted to wash their hands” of the problem. >> More
The number of new homes listed on property portal SmartNewHomes has fallen to a record low. >> More
Well-paid bankers are pushing up rental demand once more in London’s Canary Wharf.
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A national discount service which puts private landlords and tenants in touch with each other is advertising on all the main property portals, including Rightmove. >> More
The Policy Exchange has warned that interest rates could rise to 8 per cent by 2012 if inflation spirals out of control.. >> More
HM Revenue & Customs has confirmed it is in advanced talks with the Council of Mortgage Lenders about introducing a scheme that allows lenders to verify income. >> More
Landlords pushed up rents for the sixth consecutive month, raising them by 0.5% in July, according to the latest Buy-to-Let Index from LSL Property Services. >> More
The latest RICS Construction Survey suggested that activity across the sector as whole dipped in Q2, said Capital Economics. Encouragingly, however, the slump in public sector construction activity was not mirrored in the private commercial sector. >> More
An illegal financial services operation has been uncovered after the company director tried to launder £1.5 million of fraudulent money through the purchase of a manor house in Northamptonshire. >> More
A property firm owned by a pair of infamous investment tycoons has recorded a second straight year of losses, running into tens of millions of pounds. >> More
It follows recent data released by the National Landlords Association (NLA) showing a fifth of private-residential landlords had tenants in rent arrears during Q2 2010. >> More
She was known as the dragon slayer. And when Sharon Wright, a single mother from Scunthorpe, stepped from the 'lair' with more money than she had asked for, it really was a coup. >> More
The freezing up of the buy-to-let mortgage market that emerged as an unwelcome side-effect of the credit crunch appears to have eased a little, according to the latest buy-to-let survey results from the Council of Mortgage Lenders. >> More
Interest rates look set to stay at rock bottom for some time after the Bank of England today reassured markets that inflation would fall back well below target within two years. >> More
Britain’s economy is not recovering as fast as hoped, forcing the Bank of England to downgrade its forecast for economic growth by 0.9% for next year. >> More
Nearly half of all tenants are expecting rents to rise in the next 12 months. The proportion (45%) is up 12% on this time a year ago. >> More
Despite today's record £140m sale of a central London flat, house prices generally are starting to fall, says the latest RICS survey. >> More
The world's most expensive flat, in Hyde Park, London, is changing hands at a record-breaking £140m. >> More
Housing shortages look set to worsen while the future of housebuilding looks beset with uncertainty after developers made earlier efforts this year to re-stock their land banks.
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The July RICS Housing Market Survey shows more surveyors are now seeing falling rather than rising prices, with the headline price balance slipping from +8 to -8, the first negative reading since July 2009. >> More
Renters will be paying more for their rented accommodation in 12 months' time. That is the opinion expressed by respondents to Rightmove's latest Consumer Confidence Survey.
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It’s the stuff of crime novels – multi million pound property deals, the occult, exotic royal families, secret fathers – all woven into a mendacious plot that centres around one mysterious woman, 28-year-old Sara Al-Amoudi. >> More
A police fraud investigator – who admitted five counts of obtaining property by deception and possession of a false identity – was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison, at Southwark Crown court yesterday. >> More
Recent government proposals on changes to the tax rules on furnished holiday lets (FHL) will also apply to the owners of properties in the European Economic Area if they are UK tax payers, accountants James Cowper has warned. >> More
The Scottish private sector economy continued its slow and steady recovery in July, according to the latest Bank of Scotland PMI report. >> More
The Tenancy Deposit Scheme has apologised to its agents over its failure to communicate the enormous price hikes in this year’s subscriptions. >> More
Banks and building societies need to find £765 billion in the next two and a half years to plug the funding gap or else we risk going bust again. >> More
Mortgage fraud has nearly quadrupled in value during the first six months of 2010, according to KPMG’s Fraud Barometer. >> More
House prices increased by 0.6% in July. This modest rise offset the 0.6% fall in June, reveals the latest Halifax House Price Index. >> More
Prices for prime London property fell in July by 0.5%, the first monthly decline since March 2009, Knight Frank has reported. >> More
One-third of all properties currently on the market have had their prices cut – by an average of 6.1%. >> More
Former footballer and Scotland captain, Colin Hendry, is being investigated by police following a claim of fraud against him. >> More
A tenant renting a town house in one of Britain’s most expensive neighbourhoods, pretended to be the owner and sold it for £1.47 million, a court heard last week. >> More
A man who acted as the director of a property company in order to mislead clients into submitting ‘reservation fees’ of up to £4,000 each has been handed a 13-year ban. >> More
Letting specialists, Leaders, are strongly urging landlords who are trying to sell - or considering selling their property - to think again. >> More
London estate agents say Chinese investors are flocking to the capital eager to buy and one has had to recruit Mandarin and Cantonese speakers. >> More
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