London Properties

Paul and Fiona Godwin-Brown and their two boys Tom and Charlie are living wild and free. They have given up pressured London life and moved into a rolling Devon valley, a mile from the sea. They let their house in London and are renting in Devon for the foreseeable future. “It has been the jammiest thing. The children think they have died... [Read more of this review]

// With the overused mantra, “location, location, location” ringing in my ears, and in the hope that property prices in central London have finally reached rock-bottom, I set my sights on finding a pint-size, super cheap property in the capital under the £175,000 stamp-duty bar. The estate agents I speak to are keen to reassure me that even... [Read more of this review]

London sees return of gazumping By Daniel Thomas and Sharlene Goff Published: May 29 2009 23:31 | Last updated: May 29 2009 23:31 Gazumping has returned to the top end of London’s property market, estate agents say, as the number of buyers starts to outstrip houses in some of the capital’s most sought-after areas. Sealed bids, which estate agents... [Read more of this review]

House prices see highest jump since 2006 By Norma Cohen Published: May 29 2009 07:54 | Last updated: May 29 2009 20:11 UK house prices rose for the second time in three months, registering the largest one-month increase since late 2006, according to the Nationwide House Price Index. House prices jumped 1.2 per cent from April – just the latest evidence... [Read more of this review]

UK house prices Published: May 1 2009 09:42 | Last updated: May 1 2009 22:24 Spring sunshine, easy money and the lure of a “bargain” can be a dangerously seductive mix for aspiring homebuyers. Servicing an interest-only mortgage for three and a half times salary, at current rates of about 4 per cent, eats up just 14 per cent of household income... [Read more of this review]

House prices fall back to 2006 level By Norma Cohen, Economics Correspondent Published: May 8 2009 09:41 | Last updated: May 8 2009 09:41 UK house prices in April fell for the fourteenth month in a row, leaving the average home valued at no more than it was three years ago, according to the latest FT House Price Index. House prices in England and Wales... [Read more of this review]

When it first came to the market early last year, Foscote Manor was priced at £8m. Twelve months later, would-be buyers can pick up the property for half that sum: the Grade II-listed Jacobean spread, just outside Buckingham, has been reduced, for the third time, to £4m. The house, which dates from the 17th century, has eight reception rooms, including... [Read more of this review]

  LONDON (Reuters) – Asking prices for homes in England and Wales fell an annual 7.3 percent in April, the smallest drop since January, property Web site Rightmove said on Monday.   That follows an annual drop of 9 percent in March and adds to evidence that the pace of house price falls may be starting to moderate as the flow of credit picks... [Read more of this review]

By Sharlene Goff Published: April 4 2009 03:00 | Last updated: April 4 2009 03:00 Is the homeowners’ nightmare of tumbling house prices finally at an end, or is there even worse to come? This week has been a confusing one for anyone attempting to read the runes of the UK housing market. Nationwide reported a surprise rise in house prices this... [Read more of this review]

HSBC is taking on mortgage brokers with the trialling of a new “whole of market” advice service available to customers in its branches. The lender will charge customers £150 to speak to a Mortgage Matcher consultant, who will offer impartial advice on the best mortgage deals available, including those from rival lenders. Customers who... [Read more of this review]