The latest house price index from the Nationwide Building Society has revealed a 0.5% rise for the month of May compared with April...

The Bank of England has today revealed a 2% rise in the number of new mortgages approved in April...

Latest figures from Nastionwide showed house prices increased by 0.5% month-on-month in May.

The annual rate of house price inflation has dropped from 10.5% to 9.8% and house prices are up 12.2% since a February 2009 trough.

According to the Land Registry, house prices rose by 0.2% in April compared with March, putting the average cost of a home at £165,596 in England and Wales...

With the Emergency Budget just around the corner, many in the property sector are looking for guidance from experts as to what they can expect to be announced on 22nd June...

The national affordable housing campaign group Priced Out, representing first time buyers, has urged the Government not to back down on including Buy-to-Let investors and second home owners in the planned increase in Capital Gains Tax.

Katy John, Spokesperson said:

"The new Government should stand firm for fairness in the tax system. Discouraging speculation in the property market and spreading the tax burden more evenly between wages and other forms of income would help a generation of priced out first time buyers.

Female property investors are become increasingly confident about the overseas property market and when it comes to investments are shrewd negotiators, it is claimed...

All eyes are on the UK emergency budget due later this month amid indications that some property owners are already putting real estate up for sale in anticipation of a rise in capital gains tax and other measures...

If rumours are true, the new Government may raise Capital Gains Tax in next month's emergency budget. Cheryl Markosky asks what that means for second-home owners...

The scrapping of Home Information Packs (Hips) has resulted in a rise in the number of properties coming onto the market, according to property website Rightmove...

The Skipton Building Society is trying to woo first-time buyers who can only put down a five per cent deposit on their home.

Sarah Pepworth didn't let her marriage split stop her from creating the property of her dreams.

In an important step at a point of fragile recovery in the housing market, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles and Housing Minister Grant Shapps today announced that with immediate effect, they are suspending the requirement for homeowners to provide a Home Information Pack (HIP) when selling their homes. Published 20 May 2010 Mr Pickles today laid an Order [...]

Seven out of 10 estate agents believe redecorating a home makes no difference to its asking price, a survey suggests.

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