28th February 2014
Lenders are taking a tough line with first-time buyers seeking loans, with some refusing mortgages based on minor disputes.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.