House prices continue to fall
06.56 Mon Sep 22 2008
House prices continued to fall during September with the Government's stamp duty initiative appearing to have little impact on the market.
HBOS extends losses
16.02 Tue Sep 16 2008
Shares in Halifax Bank of Scotland have continued to nosedive after it found itself the biggest casualty of the Lehman Brothers collapse.
Annual house price growth hits record low
11.44 Tue Sep 16 2008
Government figures show annual house prices have hit a record low, falling for the ninth consecutive month in July.
Estate Agents 'sell one house a week'
23.24 Tue Sep 09 2008
Some estate agents are selling just one property a week as prices plummet and the mortgage market dries up, Rics has said.
'Major downturn' for property market
10.30 Fri Aug 29 2008
A "major downturn" in the housing market will see many estate agents forced to shut up shop, property website Rightmove has said.
House price drop 'biggest for 18 years'
23.08 Thu Aug 28 2008
House prices are falling at their fastest rate for nearly 18 years as potential buyers stay away from the market, figures have revealed.
HBOS to axe 425 jobs
09.15 Thu Aug 14 2008
HBOS, the country's biggest mortgage lender, is axeing up to 425 jobs amid a shrinking loan market and a drop in house prices.
Bellway profit margins hammered
08.47 Thu Aug 14 2008
Profit margins at Bellway are being chipped away as the housebuilder is forced to slash property prices to help cash-strapped buyers.
Stamp duty suspension as UK struggles?
22.52 Tue Aug 05 2008
A temporary suspension of stamp duty could reportedly be among measures aimed at helping Britain through the credit crunch.
'Record fall for house prices'
07.13 Thu Jul 31 2008
House prices are falling at a record rate, according to new figures from the Nationwide building society.
House prices fall further
19.26 Mon Jul 28 2008
House prices in England and Wales fell for the tenth month in a row during July, losing a further 1.2 per cent of their value
Property sales down 45%
14.57 Tue Jul 22 2008
The number of homes changing hands has nearly halved during the past year, figures show.
Home sellers slash asking prices by £4,000
08.15 Mon Jul 21 2008
Home sellers have slashed their asking prices by more than £4,000 during the past month.
House prices falls gaining momentum
22.30 Thu Jul 10 2008
House prices are falling at their fastest rate since the 1990s crash, Britain's biggest mortgage-lender Halifax has said.
House prices fall in June
20.25 Tue Jul 01 2008
House prices fell for the eighth month in a row during June, while annual growth fell at its fastest rate since the 1990s crash.
Slump sees £300bn wiped off house prices
07.46 Thu Jun 12 2008
Britons have collectively seen nearly £300 billion wiped off the value of their homes since house prices began to fall, a report claims.
House sales at record low
22.39 Tue Jun 10 2008
The number of homes changing hands has fallen to a record low as potential buyers continue to stay away from the market.
House price downturn gathers pace
10.52 Thu Jun 05 2008
House prices fell by 2.4 per cent in May, providing further evidence the property market downturn is gathering pace.
House prices fall at record pace
22.58 Thu May 29 2008
Fears of a housing slowdown on a scale not seen since the early 1990s are being fuelled.
Builder warns of market slump
21.16 Thu Apr 24 2008
One of the UK's biggest housebuilders has put new projects on hold after an "unprecedented tightening" in the mortgage market.
House price slump as PM meets bankers
12.31 Tue Apr 15 2008
Gordon Brown has held talks with bankers as new figures indicate a further slump in house prices.
House prices drop 2.5 per cent
22.44 Tue Apr 08 2008
House prices fell by 2.5 per cent in March, the biggest fall in a single month since September 1992.
House prices fall further
14.25 Fri Feb 29 2008
House prices are reported to have fallen for the fourth month in a row, for the first time since 2000.
Figures show rise in house prices
13.38 Thu Jan 03 2008
There was a rare piece of good news for homeowners after figures showed property prices in England and Wales rose in November.
House prices drop a second time
19.35 Fri Dec 28 2007
House prices have dropped for the second month in a row, according to a survey.
November house prices down 0.8%
20.58 Thu Nov 29 2007
November house prices fell at their fastest rate for more than 12 years, new figures from Nationwide Building Society have shown.
House prices drop
07.25 Wed Nov 14 2007
House prices have dropped at their fastest rate since July 2005, figures have shown.
House prices suffer slight fall
09.23 Thu Oct 04 2007
House prices fell by 0.6 per cent last month as the property market continued to show signs of running out of steam.
Young adults living with parents for longer
15.36 Wed Apr 11 2007
Rising house prices mean young people are forced to live at home with their parents for longer, a report has said.
Council tax up 4.3%
12.17 Tue Mar 27 2007
The average council tax set by local authorities in England for 2007-08 for a Band D property will be £1,321.