United Kingdom: News Archive

MAY 2008

• Georgeous homes - "Ill be home in 5 minutes" - IHT
• Homes shortage limits price fall, say surveyors - The Guradian
• House price crash is here, say City banks - Daily Mail
• Lloyds TSB warns house prices may fall 10% - The Telegraph
• Data woes put Bank on course to cut woes - The Telegraph
• Savills shares rise on Asian property performance - Reuters
• After the crunch, a crisis in banking confidence - Times Online
• Will housing crush the UK economy? - Times Online
• The housing market slump: visible from estate agents boards - Times Online
• Buy to let adviser goes to the wall - The Independent
• Banks in amortgage confusion - The Guardian
• Are house prices heading for a 1990s -style house crash? - Times Online
• Hopes of healing - The Economist

APRIL 2008

• Urban regeneration may create slums of future, says Rogers - The Independent
• Property still a winner for Scotland's richest 100 - Scotsman
• House price inflation hits 'negative' as over half of properties lose value - The Independent
• One of Britain's biggest property developers stops building new homes as mortgage meltdown worsens - This is London
• Despite financial crisis the building societies association has an - Daily Telegraph
• Alistair Darling hails £50bn bank aid package - Daily Telegraph
• U.K. Rightmove Home Prices Drop on Dearth of Credit - Bloomberg
• Bank of England unveils £50bn debt market plan - Financial Times
• Abu Dhabi to force firms to build homes for poor - Arabian Business
• Property woes increase as slowdown bites - The Independent
• Housing market: the bubble bursts - The Economist
• Bank of England cuts benchmark rate 25 bp to 5% - IHT
• The 'wow' factor and real estate prices - IHT
• Darling Picks Former CEO of HBOS to Study U.K. Mortgage Market - Yahoo News
• Property prices may fall 10%, warns IMF - The Telegraph
• Aldar eyes UK property giants - Arabian Business
• Halifaxes ratses rates and squeezes poorer mortgage buyers harder - The Guardian
• Acacia Avenue could catch Commercial Street chill - The Times
• Interest rate cut 'odds on' as economy weakens - The Telegraph
• First Direct withdraws mortgages - BBC
• Mortgage squeeze 'to get worse' - BBC

MARCH 2008

• Two worlds of the City and UK collide to pose a threat to all - The Times
• Buy-to-let landing halved, says Paragon - Guardian UK
• Nationwide predicts first annual fall in house prices since the 1990s property crash - The Guardian
• Credit crunch: British house values fall £7,000 since October - The Times
• Uk property investors eye virtues of foreign parts - Financial Times
• House price growth falls to 12-year low - Financial Times
• How boom quickly converted to bust - The Guardian
• Rate cut in doubt as retail sales rise 5.5% - The Times
• Mortgage lenders running out of cash - This is money
• Savills fears City bonus impact on property - The Times
• Credit crunch: don't expect to walk into a Georgian pile - The Times
• First time buyers hit as lenders pull plug - The Times
• Insure your home against drop in value - The Guardian
• World's most expensive property sold in London - Times Online
• Doors slam on mortgage deals - Financial Times
• North dominates list of cheapest streets - The Guardian
• property ladder harder to grasp than ever - The Guardian
• Trouble up nrth as apartment prices slump - The Observer
• No more takers for dream of becoming property millionaire - The Guardian
• Buy-to-let market heads right back to its foundations - Financial Times

FEBRUARY 2008

• Property prices fall in February - BBC
• Housec price inflation falls to 2.7% in Februaury - Nationwide
• Remortgaging dominates mortgage activity - About Property.co.uk
• Rental yields highest for 2 years - About Property.co.uk
• The Bishops Avenue: Sale on Billionaire Row - The Telegraph
• How vulnerable is London? - The Telegraph
• Surveyor's gloom at house prices - BBC
• Alistair Darling retreats on non-dom tac plans - The Telegraph
• Qatar raises $2.5 bn for Chelsea barracks - Arabian Business
• Economists forecast cut in rates - BBC
• Scots property market bucks trend - BBC

JANUARY 2008

• House prices falling? At least you can save inheritance tax - The Guardian
• Buy To Let: Landlords defy gloom in the housing market as rental yields rise - The Independent
• UK rate cut vital to avoid slump, says MPC member - The Guardian
• House prices dip for fourth month as it takes longer to sell homes - The Guardian
• U.K. Home Prices Fall a Third Month, Reviving Buyer Interest - Bloomberg
• Sale of ‘Top Whack Mansion’ is £50m record - The Sunday Times
• Hotspots for 2008 - UK Independent
• Israeli billionaire buys most expensive new home - Reuters
• UK houseprice slowdown continues - BBC
• Central London investment hits record EUR 25 bn in 2007 - PropertyEU
• Confidence in housing market plummets - FT
• First home price triples in decade - Press Association
• Three cheers for falling property prices - FT
• London's prime property falters - Times Online
• City braces for bad year in bricks and mortar - The independent
• Housing Market Overview (pdf) - Colliers Internation

DECEMBER 2007

• Lines stay long for real estate's trophy assets - IHT
• Outlook Europe 2008: The end of a boom - IHT
• Property in the suburbs: Britain's top 10 richest suburbs - Telegraph UK
• Citigroup predicts 10pc fall in house prices - Telegraph UK
• HIPs new weapon to force home prices down - Times Online
• Housing Market Overview (pdf) - Colliers Interantion

NOVEMBER 2007

• Immigrants brought us low mortgage rates - ThisisMoney.co.uk

OCTOBER 2007

• Buy-to-let for those who can’t pay debts - BBC News
• Northern property: Brass once more in the North - Telegraph UK
• Into the sunset - Sunday Times online
• Senior bankers call for loans shakeup - Guardian Unlimited
• British consumers see property market booming - The Economic Times
• Surviving the interest rate squeeze - Guardian online
• Booming house prices in Inverurie - BBC News
• Properties in the English countryside -- prices continue to rise - IHT
• Tough times ahead for UK economy - BBC News
• Coastal property: Poor relations about to strike it rich - Telegraph UK
• Britain’s tiny islands - Telegraph UK
• House prices ’heading for fall next year’ - Telegraph UK

SEPTEMBER 2007

• Economic View: Can Britain keep its house in order as the foundations start to creak under worldwide - The Independent
• House prices tumble - and continue to spiral upwards - and continue to spir
• Let’s move to ... Uppingham, Rutland - Guardian Unlimited
• UK buy-to-let housing fears seen overdone - Reuters
• House prices feel the heat - The Independent
• Bungalows: For sociable, stylish living ? think laterally - The Independent
• Buy-to-let booms as market slides - Times online
• US loan woe ’to hit UK mortgages’ - BBC News
• Average house price near ?200,000 - BBC News
• Average house price set to reach ?500,000 - The Voice
• House prices fall in capital - Scotsman Business

AUGUST 2007

• Rate rises finally felt on high street and at property auctions - Guardian Unlimited
• Overheating sees house price downturn in Europe - Telegraph UK
• Five rate rises bring housing boom to August standstill - Guardian Unlimited
• Scotland: ’Tough’ market for rural houses - BBC News
• Rural homes ’costlier than urban’ - BBC News
• British Land enjoying solid ground - Scotsman Business
• ?Spare room? tactic keeps the roof over your head - Financial Times
• Property price boom in university towns - Daily Mail
• South-West drives up house prices - This is Money
• Has boom become doom for the buyout barons? - The Guardian Unlimit
• Housing scam nets ?35m - Times Online
• Rose of the Shires comes into bloom - Telegraph UK
• Price study looks at seaside life - BBC News
• Why yet another rise in interest rates will slaughter us - Sunday Telegraph UK
• From miners? fortnight to property hotspot - icWales
• West is still the best - Times Online
• Property by the sea: Wish you were here - Telegraph UK
• Property prices ’to soar 40% by 2012’ - Telegraph UK
• Super-rich to push average price of London house to half-million mark - Times Online
• Soaring house prices - GMTV
• House prices ’to breach ?300,000’ - BBC News
• House prices rise again in July - BBC News

JULY 2007

• House prices shudder to a halt - ThsiISMoney
• Project offers a radical new look for old Edinburgh - IHT
• Go overseas for better returns - ThisISmoney
• Commuting: the real cost - Telegraph UK
• Affordable-homes plan ’won’t work’- Telegraph UK - Telegraph UK
• Short lease (but sweet) - Telegraph UK
• Scots house prices to rise 10% this year ? Business Scotsman - Scotsman
• Bachelor padding: Luxury and the single guy ? International Herald Tribune - IHT
• Housing market ’coming off the boil’ - Guardian Unlimited
• The UK buy to let market is set to boom, not crash, says Hometrack - Landlord Expert
• Britain?s hidden property slump - TimesOnline
• Savvy property owners turning to podcasts to attract buyers - IHT
• Prices soar for homes with sea view - Guardian Unlimited
• UPDATE 1-Standard Life says cuts UK property fund values - Reuters UK
• The rise... And rise... AND RISE... - Telegraph UK
• The mortgage squeeze could get worse - Daily Mail
• Halifax: house-price inflation slowing - Guardian Unlimited
• House price growth eased in June - Reuters
• Housing Market grinding to a halt - Telegraph UK
• Carry on building to tackle price boom - Scotsman on Sunday

JUNE 2007

• British economy grows more than expected, raising odds of interest rate rise - IHT
• Pound rises above $2 on housing prices - IHT
• House price growth ’bounces back’- BBC News - BBC News
• House price crash will be much worse second time around! - Landlord Expert
• Britain’s hottest county - Telegraph UK
• ’It’s just the best part of England to live in’ - Telegraph UK
• Why homebuyers face a bond bombshell - Guardian Unlimited
• London property prices start to cool - The Independent
• Terraced properties still ’most popular’ - 999 Today News
• Why more and more people are choosing to live on houseboats - The Independent
• Belfast set for ’major makeover’ - BBC News
• 50-year mortgage to be promoted to home buyers - Guardian Unlimited
• First rung of property ladder reported missing - Guardian Unlimited
• Dept. of Communities & Local Gov’t confirms house price rise - Guardian Unlimited
• UK property prices move upwards - BBC News
• Is the property boom finally over? - Times online
• London calling - Business online
• House prices fall as new rate rise threat looms - Guardian Unlimited
• Buy-to-let novices feel the chill as repossessions start to climb - Guardian Unlimited

MAY 2007

• Fresh signs of cooling housing market - TimesOnline
• Rental demand slows as home sales bounce back - easier.com
• The Monopoly game - Business online
• Housing market appears to be slowing sharply - The Times
• Housing market overvalued, warns Lehman - Telegraph UK
• Economic Outlook: End of house price boom is in sight - Times online
• UK housing market hits tipping point - Guardian Unlimited
• Buy-to-let: is it still worth the gamble? - Telegraph UK
• Sandbanks: Sitting Pretty - Telegraph UK
• For non-Britons living in U.K., price of residency gets heavier - IHT
• Zero carbon ’will add ?36k’ to house prices - Business online
• House price rise weakest this year - Scotsman
• Minister’s homes priority plan angers fellow MPs - MPsGuardian Unlimite
• House market shows signs of slowing as prices dip - The Herald
• Nationwide forecasts house price slowdown - TimesOnLine
• Beware the bulls: buy-to-let market is not all that it seems - Business online
• Washing their hands in bubbles - PrudentBear.com
• New rate rises mean every penny counts - Guardian Unlimited
• House Price Growth Continues, But Demand ’Moderating’ - Fool Newswire
• House prices resilient in face of rate rises - Financial Times
• Housing costs taking their toll of society - Times online
• Halifax data show house price growth slowing - Financial Times
• UK interest rates raised to 5.5% - BBC News
• London most expensive global city for prime residential propery; Dublin in 17th place - Finfacts Ireland
• Rate rise ’to hit borrowers’ - The Thrifty Scot
• Nationwide cancels 25-year fixed-rate mortgage - MoneyHighStreet.com
• Rate rises start to cool housing market - The Independent
• Owning a Home in the Suburbs of London - The New York Times
• Billionaires fight for a place to live - New Zealand Herald

APRIL 2007

• U.K. House Prices Gain Most in Almost 4 Years, Hometrack Says - Bloomberg
• Cold spots put freeze on house price boom - Guardian Unlimited
• When modern style meets old sensibilities - IHT
• Fifth of homeowners overpaying - 999 Today
• How to read the local house market - BBC News
• More singletons buying homes - 999 Today
• Cost of running a home surges ahead - 999 Today
• UK homes hit ?100k mark - 999 Today
• London street markets reborn - LA Times
• Billionaires in battle to buy London’s best homes - Guardina UK
• London Homeowners Reap $150,000 as U.K. Prices Jump (Update3) - Bloomberg
• Soaring house prices coming to the crunch - Scotland on Sunday
• FT House Price Index March 2007 - femalefirst.co.uk
• Signs of an imminent house price crash - Landlord Expert
• Key workers priced out of towns - Financial Times
• What will happen next to house prices? - BBC News
• Britons Stay at Home Longer as House-Price Gains Outpace Pay - Bloomberg
• Treble your money - Scotsman
• Head to head: Using your house as a wallet - BBC News
• Interest rate rises not effecting uk housing - Landlord Expert
• Fractional ownership comes to yachting - IHT

MARCH 2007

• Soaring London house prices have ripple effect on suburbs - Guardian Unlimited
• House Price Rises "Unstoppable" - Find A Property
• Scottish house prices "up by 10%" in 2007? - houseladder.co.uk
• House price fall unforeseeable - houseladder.co.uk
• Renting becomes a much safer bet - Guadian Unlimited
• Interes rates cool house price rises - Western Mail
• February Property monitor - InTheNews.co.uk
• Interest rates ’unlikely’ to be upped - mform
• Financial protection for tenants - ThisisMoney.co.uk
• Does it still pay to be a rate tart? - The Guardian
• Terraced houses see biggest price rises - Easier property.com
• House prices ’affected by rate rises’ - mform
• UK hopes to avoid catching US’s cold - Scotsman
• Double rate rise starting to bite, but UK market still robust - Easier Property
• Buy-to-let landlords ’to dominate housing market’ - InTheNews.co.uk
• Buy-to-let ’to play pivotal role’ in future of UK housing - 24dash.com
• Buy to let confidence has decreased by almost 27% since interest rate rises - Standard Life Index
• Housing market overview March 2007 (pdf) - Colliers Internation

FEBRUARY 2007

• Supply shortages push house price growth to three-year high - Guardian Unlimited
• House Prices threat inheritance tax - Landlordexpert.co.uk
• Price of the average home rises to ?147,763 - Sunday Herald
• Scottish house prices begin to slow - Mform News
• Inflation will fall but interest rates could still rise - The Sunday Times
• Mortgage fees rocket by 20% - This is Money
• House prices bounce back - This is Money
• Prize in land war: Anything in London - IHT
• Barratt to take over Wilson Bowden - Shanghai Daily
• Slowdown ahead for house prices as rate rises bite - Scotland on Sunday
• Buy-to-let boom muffled as costs creep above rents - The Independent
• Market review residential February 2007 (pdf) - Colliers Internation

JANUARY 2007

• Manors from heaven - The Independent
• Home repossessions rise sharply in 2006 - 999 Today
• Prime Central London experience highest annual growth rate since 1999 - Savills Research
• ’Table-sized flat’ for ?170,000 - BBC News
• Global hot spots - Business online
• Inflation rate ’at 11-year high’ - BBC News
• Average home cost ’near ?200,000’ - BBC News
• Shock as UK rates rise to 5.25% - BBC News
• U.K. Home-Price Inflation Reaches 18-Month High (Update1) - Bloomberg
• House price boom cooling off - thisismoney
• Thames Gateway: Residential development review 2007 (pdf) - Knight Frank
• Evolving East: The East of England residential development review 2007 (pdf) - Knight Frank
• Surging South: Southeast residential development review 2007 (pdf) - Knight Frank
• Development futures: Western region residential development review 2007 (pdf) - Knight Frank
• Smarter Scotland: The Scottish residential development review 2007 (pdf) - Knight Frank
• Rich City: London residential development review 2007 (pdf) - Knight Frank
• Knight Frank Prime Central London Index - Knight Frank
• London residnetial review: Summer 2007 (pdf) - Knight Frank

DECEMBER 2006

• City Bonuses set to boost house prices - findaproperty.com
• Equity release shakes off its bad image - The Scotsman
• House prices continue to rise sharply - Times Online
• Finance: There’s a loan for everybody - The Independent
• Property taxes boost Treasury coffers by ?6.7bn - Guardian Unlimited
• Real Estate: Global Warming Could Cool Second Homes Market - Click Press
• Market review residential December 2006 (pdf) - Colliers Internation

NOVEMBER 2006

• What happens when house prices collapse? - Times Online
• After 37 years as Prince of Wales, Charles finally buys a home there - The Times
• 800,000 Britons invest in a place in the sun - Daily Mail
• House price boom set to end - Daily Mail
• Taxing considerations for overseas investors - Assetz Property News
• Risks grow for first-time buyers - BBC News
• Rise of the new private landlord - BBC News
• The retreat from Moscow - Times online
• Borrowing: House prices tipped to cool as interest rates hit 5 per cent - The Independent
• Interest rate rise squeezes homeowners on the limit - The Independent
• House price inflation accelerates in October - Reuters
• Lending Changes Hit Yields - FindaProperty
• Abbey criticised over five-times-salary mortgages - Guardian Business

OCTOBER 2006

• London fuels housing boom - Telegraph
• First time buyers risking ’dangerous levels of debt’ - Daily Mail
• Landlords ’still investing’ in UK - In2Perspective
• The landlords who pay rent - The Independent
• House prices up strongly - Reuters
• House prices grow despite interest rate rise - Guardian Unlimited
• Blairs struck by property curse again as values fall - Daily Mail
• South-east house prices to ’soar by 40%’ - Guardian Unlimited M

SEPTEMBER 2006

• The big question: Are rising house prices good or bad news for the economy? - The Independent
• Britain’s phantom housing boom - Spiked Online
• Townhouse is capital’s most costly rental home at ?3,250 a month - Scotsman
• Lowest mortgage rates UK: lowering the cost of mortgage - Best Syndication
• House prices rise by 6% - Guardian Unlimited
• House prices climb in August but annual rate of inflation falls - IFA Online
• UK house prices climb in August - BBC News
• Overvalued’ UK housing market to cool by 2007 - Jamaica Gleaner
• London prices bypass New York - IHT

AUGUST 2006

• Destination Londres - BBC
• Persimmon Builds Figures - Sky News
• Homes boom fizzles out - Sky News
• UK property bonanza squeezes new buyers - Business Day
• Savers kept marking time on rates - The Herald
• US house market ’at 15-year low’ - BBC
• UK house prices up at fastest pace in 2 yrs - RICS
• Home prices worldwide may continue to slow - IHT
• Lessees could suffer fines - Property People
• House prices near ?200,000 mark - BBC
• Councils ’bribed’ to fuel housing sprawl - Telegraph
• Second homes for students boost housing market - 24Dash
• Warning over further rise in interest rates - Scotsman
• House prices near ?200,000 mark - BBC
• Mortgage fears as interest rates rise to 4.75% - The Herald
• More Britons consider move abroad - BBC
• House prices warm up - Property People

JULY 2006

• House price woe for ’key workers’ - BBC News
• Home prices ’to rise 50% by 2011’ - BBC News
• London is reassessing its dislike of high-rises - IHT
• Council becomes first in UK to use new ’rogue landlord’ powers - 24Dash
• House price growth in the South accelerates, while the North slows - Easier

JUNE 2006

• Britons ’spend 40% of wages on their mortgage’ - Daily Mail
• Still Going Strong (pdf) - Property Vision Mark
• U.K. Economic Growth by 0.6% in 3 months through - Bloomberg.com
• ECB raises rates and promises more - IHT
• Signs of house price slowdown - Guardian Unlimited M
• In Britain, country expanse without the expense - IHT
• Residential Lettings Market Review 2Q 2006 (pdf) - Colliers Internation
• UK residential market review - Colliers Internation

MAY 2006

• Chiswick chic steals Notting Hill’s thrill - IHT
• London house price mini boom is expected to tail off - Guardian Unlimited M
• Second-home owners, among the most selfish people in Britain - Guardian Unlimited
• Bank of England governor rules out new housing boom - Guardian Unlimited M

APRIL 2006

• Residential Lettings Market Review Q1 2006 (pdf) - Colliers Internation

MARCH 2006

• State of Chassis: Artificial restriction on land supply puts ireland and UK at bottom of property le - Finfacts Ireland

FEBRUARY 2006

• Immigration boosts buy-to-let demand - Easier

JANUARY 2006

• UK property market "strengthening" - Assetz
• Landlords continue to invest on the back of stable yields - Easier Property
• European housing ends year on surprisingly upbeat note - IHT
• Residential Market Predictions 2006 (pdf) - King Sturge
• Buy-to-let property values rise in the north - The Move Channel
• State of the Cities: The northern residential development review 2006 (pdf) - Knight Frank
• Family friendly cities - Knight Frank
• Resurgence of the south coast: Solent residential development review 2006 (pdf) - Knight Frank

DECEMBER 2005

• Residential Development - South West (pdf) - Colliers Internation

OCTOBER 2005

• UK residential lettings overview 2005 (pdf) - Colliers

JUNE 2005

• Global House Price Boom: The greatest BUBBLE in history - Finfacts Ireland

MAY 2005

• Jump in number of property sales - BBC News

APRIL 2005

• Housing market loses the ’welcome’ mat - IHT