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Pidgley hires bigwigs to government panel
2/23/2012 7:00:00 AM Property Week - Residential News
Two house-building heavyweights, including a former Barratt Developments chief, have been recruited by Berkeley chairman Tony Pidgley to investigate how public sector land can be better used to tackle the UK housing crisis.
Derwent London secures Westminster planning consent
2/22/2012 1:05:00 PM Property Week - Residential News
Derwent London has secured planning consent to redevelop a disused cinema in London’s Westbourne Grove into a residential scheme.
Rise in sales from first-time buyers
2/22/2012 12:45:01 PM Assetz
The number of first-time buyers registering at estate agents last month was the highest since May 2011. Figures from ...
Big rise in asking prices recorded
2/22/2012 12:45:01 PM Assetz
The property market showed signs of recovery after house sellers put up prices by the largest monthly increase for 10...
Lend Lease unveils Elephant & Castle plans
2/22/2012 12:45:00 PM Property Week - Residential News
Lend Lease today opened a four-day public exhibition of its plans to regenerate the Heygate Estate in London’s Elephant & Castle.
French village for sale for £275,000
2/22/2012 8:21:46 AM Telegraph Staff Telegraph Property News
An entire French village is up for sale for the sum of £275,000.

Henderson plans Birmingham apartment tower
2/21/2012 12:41:00 PM Property Week - Residential News
Henderson Global Investors is planning to redevelop its 140,000 sq ft No 1 Hagley Road office tower in Birmingham into an apartment block, TheBusinessDesk.com reported today.
Annual housing starts down by 4%
2/21/2012 12:15:02 PM Assetz
Annual housing starts reached 98,250 in the 12 months to December 2011, down by 4% compared with the same period of 2...
New York apartment sold for £55m
2/21/2012 12:15:02 PM Assetz
A property in Manhattan has become the most expensive penthouse apartment in New York after it changed hands for a ma...
BGC buys struggling Grubb & Ellis
2/21/2012 9:43:00 AM Property Week - Residential News
BGC Partners, the acquisitive financial services firm which acquired Newmark Knight Frank last October, has expanded its property services platform by buying struggling US firm Grubb & Ellis.
Rise in sales from first-time buyers
2/22/2012 12:45:01 PM Assetz
The number of first-time buyers registering at estate agents last month was the highest since May 2011. Figures from ...
Big rise in asking prices recorded
2/22/2012 12:45:01 PM Assetz
The property market showed signs of recovery after house sellers put up prices by the largest monthly increase for 10...
Annual housing starts down by 4%
2/21/2012 12:15:02 PM Assetz
Annual housing starts reached 98,250 in the 12 months to December 2011, down by 4% compared with the same period of 2...
New York apartment sold for £55m
2/21/2012 12:15:02 PM Assetz
A property in Manhattan has become the most expensive penthouse apartment in New York after it changed hands for a ma...
House price lull after 2007 high
2/20/2012 12:15:02 PM Assetz
Just two local authority districts in the UK have registered house price rises since 2007, it has emerged. While much...
January mortgage lending up 10%
2/20/2012 12:15:01 PM Assetz
January recorded a 10% year-on-year increase in lending for UK mortgages as a result of first-time buyers pushing thr...
Call to convert empty shops into homes
2/17/2012 11:00:07 AM Assetz
The Government has been urged to consider converting vacant high street shops into residential property, which expert...
Rents see unexpected new year rise
2/17/2012 11:00:07 AM Assetz
Property rental rates have spiked earlier than expected in 2012, according to new research. The figures, produced by ...
NAEA calls for stamp duty extension
2/16/2012 12:00:02 PM Assetz
An association of UK property industry experts has hit out against Government plans to scrap the stamp duty holiday, ...
Distressed property in Portugal 'to rise'
2/16/2012 12:00:02 PM Assetz
A new study by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has found that Portugal is likely to see an increa...
Property market: quarter of house buyers are first-timers
2/22/2012 8:08:54 AM Telegraph Staff Telegraph - Mortgages
The first-time buyer proportion of the housing market has reached an eight-month high.
Mortgage lending jumps as stamp duty holiday nears end
2/20/2012 5:27:32 PM Philip Aldrick Telegraph - Mortgages
Mortgage lending jumped 10pc in January compared with the same month last year as first-time buyers rushed to complete deals before the end of a stamp duty amnesty next month.
Are inflation-linked savers still worth it?
2/20/2012 2:33:52 PM Emma Wall Telegraph - Mortgages
Index-linked accounts were heavily sold just as inflation peaked - not the only case of rotten timing.
Mortgage lending falls by £200m in January
2/20/2012 10:03:04 AM Emma Wall Telegraph - Mortgages
Mortgage lending fell to £10.5bn in January, though is 10pc higher than last year.
House prices: sellers up their asking prices
2/20/2012 7:15:17 AM Telegraph Staff Telegraph - Mortgages
The housing market has seen a "surprisingly strong" spring bounce after sellers upped their asking prices by the highest monthly jump for a decade.
Home ownership is lowest since the 1980s
2/20/2012 7:00:10 AM James Hall Telegraph - Mortgages
Home ownership in England has hit its lowest level since 1988, new figures show, as young people struggle to make it onto the property ladder.
How to get on the property ladder before you hit 30
2/19/2012 7:00:01 AM Kara Gammell Telegraph - Mortgages
We talk to two people in their twenties on how they can best save for the future.
House prices: just two regions have seen values rise since 2007
2/18/2012 7:55:45 AM Telegraph Staff Telegraph - Mortgages
Rochford in Essex and South Lakeland in Cumbria are the only areas which have seen a rise.
Interest-only mortgages: Lloyds and Halifax tighten lending criteria
2/15/2012 3:52:37 PM Richard Evans Telegraph - Mortgages
Lloyds Banking Group has become the latest lender to tighten its rules on interest-only mortgages.
Sharp rise in home owners taking in lodgers to beat the squeeze
2/15/2012 9:47:23 AM Emma Simon Telegraph - Mortgages
Cash-strapped home owners forced to take in lodgers to boost income.

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