Homes

Housing market heading for double dip

4:36pm Wednesday 1st September 2010

THE housing market is heading for a double dip as mortgage lending slumped, while thousands of people who bought a home at the peak of the market could remain trapped in negative equity until 2014.

Housing supply outstrips demand

10:47am Tuesday 10th August 2010

Property professionals saw house prices fall for the first time in a year last month and expect further declines as demand weakens, according to new research.

House prices fall in July as buyer demand remains weak

10:53am Tuesday 3rd August 2010

AVERAGE UK house prices fell by a seasonally-adjusted 0.5% in July, according to figures released by Nationwide Building Society.

Dream East Lancashire home is in the frame

2:24pm Wednesday 21st July 2010

A RIBBLE Valley couple can see the wood for their home — because it’s one of the first timber framed properties to be constructed in East Lancashire.

Estate agents hail demise of HIPs

10:49am Tuesday 25th May 2010

Estate agents have welcomed the news that controversial home information packs (Hips) are being scrapped with immediate effect.

House prices rose 10% last year

9:36am Tuesday 4th May 2010

Annual house price growth reached double figures for the first time in nearly three years during April, research has shown.

Fixed mortgage rate touches 4.63%

4:11pm Tuesday 27th April 2010

Fixed-rate mortgage deals have fallen to their lowest level for a year as competition continues to return to the market, research has shown.

House rises 'ease' pre-election

1:12pm Tuesday 13th April 2010

Homeowners rushing to put properties on the market before the General Election sent selling activity to its highest since May 2007 last month, according to a survey.