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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.
Property market returning to normal
10:23am Thursday 25th March 2010
The property market is returning to more normal conditions as increasing numbers of people put their homes up for sale, research has shown.
Households 'now £17,000 worse off'
11:24am Monday 22nd March 2010
The average household is more than £17,000 worse off than they were at the start of the recession, research has shown.
Economic growth revised upwards
3:43pm Friday 26th February 2010
The UK made a faster than expected climb out of recession in the final three months of 2009 with growth of 0.3%, official figures showed.
Aggravated burglaries up in Britian recent statistics show.
12:41pm Monday 15th February 2010
Householders should be alarmed following the recently released figures for burglaries in England and Wales. In 2008-2009 the police recorded 284,427 burglaries, which equates to one person being burgled every 2 minutes. Whilst 56,000 of these burglaries were taking place, the occupant was confronted by the burglar and most worryingly 23,000 householders were actually attacked by the burglar. This means a householder is attacked every 30 minutes.
OFT considers sale without agents
11:17am Thursday 18th February 2010
The trading watchdog is expected to look at whether homeowners can cut out estate agents when it publishes a market study into the home buying and selling process.
Mortgage Lending at a 10 year low
11:10am Thursday 18th February 2010
mortgage lending dived to a 10-year low during January as the housing market suffered a lull following the end of the Government's stamp duty holiday, figures have showed.
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