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UK Property News and Information
Welcome to our news and information page where you will find up to date news items about the UK property market, and helpful articles to enable you to sell or rent out your property quickly. 11th Aug 10Property professionals differ over the state of the UK housing estate market
Estate agents and surveyors have differing views on what is happening with the UK property market as one sector records its first decline in house prices for a year and the other proclaims July as the best month so far this year.
5th Aug 10
UK residential property prices still rising, according to figures from govt department
The latest property price index from the UK government shows that values were still rising in May and suggest the market, although slowing, is doing better than other reports suggest.
The UK house price index produced by the department of Communities and
3rd Aug 10
Country properties selling well in UK but top end houses and estates see a slight slowdown, report shows
There has been a substantial increase in property coming onto the open market in the £1.5 million and above price range, particularly the Southern region of the UK which has seen a 66% rise year on year, according to a new report.
5th Aug 10
London house prices are back in their prime
The price of London’s best residential property has begun to fall back after a 15 month surge, according to the latest Knight Frank Prime Central London Index for July published this week.
21st Jul 10
Mortgage lending on the rise but market will remain subdued
MORTGAGE lending reached a 2010 high last month but housing market activity remains subdued and is likely to drop off again later this year, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said yesterday.
Total mortgage lending jumped 15 per cent to £13.1 billion
20 Jul 10
UK prime country house prices rising
The price of prime country houses in England rose on average by 2.5% in the second quarter of the year and is now almost 8% higher than 12 months ago, a new report shows.
16th Jul 10
Scotland and London buck the trend with rising house prices
The RICS net price balance for Scotland was strongly positive in June according to the latest RICS UK Housing Market Survey.
30th Nov 09
U.K. mortgage approvals climbed in October.
U.K. mortgage approvals climbed in October to the highest level in 1 1/2 years, adding to signs the economy is shaking off the recession.
13th Nov 09
Landlords see light at the end of the tunnel
Buy-to-let landlords are dipping their toes back into the property market for the first time in two years amid signs of a house price recovery.
30th Oct 09
Europeans Dominate UK Distressed Market
European investors are leading the interest in the UK’s distressed property market, according to a new report.
30th Oct 09
UK house prices 2% higher than a year ago
Nationwide has reported that UK house prices rose for the sixth consecutive month in October.
18th Nov 09
The Global Construction Industry Will Grow By 70%
New research indicates that the global construction industry will grow by 70% over the next decade as output in the developing markets overtakes that in developed countries.
17th Jul 10
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1st Aug 10
Stamp Duty Land Tax rates and thresholds
Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) is charged on land and property transactions in the UK. The tax is charged at different rates and has different thresholds for different types of property and different values of transaction.
9th Jun 10
World's property prices improve strongly
House prices are now rising in over half of the world's property markets and the pace of decline is easing in the majority of countries where prices are still falling, according to a global survey of official house price statistics.
13th Nov 09
Mortgage approvals keep rising
The total number of mortgages approved by lenders for people purchasing property rose in September after a typical summer blip in August.
23rd oct 09
Bank Sells Estate Agency For A Pound
Lloyds Banking Group has reached an agreement in principle to sell the Halifax Estate Agencies to LSL Property for £1.