House prices rose for the second month in a row in August, after three months of declines, but prices have been largely static since the beginning of the year, according to a leading housing market indicator. Prices rose by 0.2 per cent after a 0.7 per cent increase in July, according to the Halifax house [...]
(Reuters) – British house prices rose for the second month running in August, mortgage lender Halifax said on Wednesday, confounding expectations for a fall though it still expected house prices to stagnate overall this year. House prices rose 0.2 percent in August, Halifax said, which, coming after a 0.7 percent rise in July, had helped [...]
Here is the good news: the housing market is going to recover. And now the bad news: that recovery is not going to happen in the next 12 months. Some pundits predict two years, some longer, but one thing looks likely: this autumn and next spring will see prices dipping and homes becoming harder to [...]
A shortage of properties available to let continued to push rents higher during the second quarter of the year, research indicated. The ongoing problems in the mortgage market, combined with concerns that house prices are falling again, have led to increased numbers of people looking to rent a home, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors [...]
LONDON & ASSOCIATED PROPERTIES (“LAP”) SELLS ANTIQUARIUS, KINGS ROAD RETAIL INVESTMENT FOR [pounds]17.82M LAP announces today that it has exchanged contracts unconditionally for the sale of its 65 year head leasehold interest in Antiquarius, located on Kings Road, London SW3, to Cadogan Estates Property Investments Limited for [pounds]17.82m. The property is let to [...]
London, United Kingdom, August 18, 2010 –(PR.com)– MERJS, a leading London commercial property agency, has been appointed as sole property agents for a newly available period office suite on the second floor of 11 Grosvenor Crescent, SW1. The office suite comprises of the part second floor, divided into two large rooms, consisting of a total [...]
Put the fun into funds, with these sure-fire (maybe) investment strategies! In times of economic depression, the smart thing to do is to make a sure-fire investment. A sound venture that you can be fairly certain will provide you with a reasonable rate of return and a decent level of security. Just one problem though [...]
Residential property values declined for the first time since July 2009 last month, according to the latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics). The organisation said a balance of eight per cent of its members reported a fall in house prices rather than a rise. In June, a majority of eight per [...]
Britain has long been in love with property. Whether it is that exciting step on the property ladder as a first-time buyer being handed keys to a ground-floor maisonette or the topping-out ceremony on a soaring glass and steel tower that reflects a magnate’s corporate ego, property has always been vital to the British psyche [...]
Central London property business spun out of Liberty International, yesterday posted a pre-tax profit of £54.8m.
