Docklands News

Minor payment disputes can hit mortgage applications

28th February 2014

Lenders are taking a tough line with first-time buyers seeking loans, with some refusing mortgages based on minor disputes.

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Developers promise to market-at-home first

28th February 2014

David Spittles in the Evening Standard says that developers, fearing tighter controls on foreign investors after the next general election, are going on a "charm offensive" with London buyers and have signed up to an industry code pledging to market all new homes in the UK before, or at least at the same time, as going overseas.

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Local councils in affordable homes battle

21st February 2014

Private landlords are benefiting from a shortage of affordable homes in London that is forcing councils into a “dogfight” for low-rent housing.

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Battersea flats to be offered to Brits first

21st February 2014

Battersea power station’s developer has moved to defuse the growing row over foreign ownership of London homes by promising to offer all its properties for sale in Britain first.

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London's “ghost mansions”

21st February 2014

More than 700 “ghost mansions” worth a total of over £3bn lie empty and unused in London, an Evening Standard investigation reveals.

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House prices up

21st February 2014

LSL Property Services has reported that average UK house prices rose by £1,348 in January compared with the same month a year earlier.

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