Finance
Average house prices to rise 30% by 2019, says new Rightmove forecast
Rightmove and Oxford Economics launch unique data-driven forecast
Finance
Finance
House purchase mortgage approvals ‘show signs of dipping’
September's figures may be weaker than the same month last year
Acquisitions
Zoopla boss invests in student accommodation website
Uniplaces raises £2.2m in new round of venture capital investment – and Chesterman says he's in
Finance
Rightmove pays the price of general stock market fears
Shares fall 64p in a day and hover just above the £20 mark at year's low
Finance
Lending to buy-to-let borrowers could get a lot tougher, warning
Landlord purchasers might have to find 40% deposits under new rules
Finance
Help to Buy has not inflated house prices, says Bank of England
Bank also agrees to take on new powers to cap size of mortgages
Agency
Mortgage industry calls for tighter controls over estate agents
Rogue agents 'forcing buyers to use in-house mortgage services' claims Financial Times report
Finance
Takings from Stamp Duty on property explode by a third
'Stamp Duty system is just so wrong', says lobbying group
Finance
Second mortgages to become much harder for home owners
Regulation of second charge mortgages likely to reduce market by 20%
Finance
Rents will go up by less than inflation, say landlords
But finding mortgage funding is getting harder
Finance
Owners of homes worth around £2m ‘would have to pay for own valuations’
Mansion tax proposals under more fire – and landlords weigh into Labour's PRS proposals
Finance
Rightmove and Zoopla shares slide further after broker warning on new portal
Countrywide is another faller on the stock market
Agency
Rightmove and Zoopla shares fall after broker warns on impact of Agents’ Mutual
But broker does tip local newspapers to benefit from more property advertising
Finance
Six biggest lenders’ share of mortgage market falls
More smaller lenders coming back – but Lloyds and Nationwide still the biggest
Finance
Mansion tax – slammed as political stunt – would take in 1-bed homes
Home owners would have to pay average of £15k a year, says Zoopla
Finance
On the up: house purchase loans and transactions show annual rises
Transactions up by over 8% year on year
Finance
Boris chooses build-for-rent developers
Rental homes will have to be held for at least ten years before any sale
Finance
Mortgage products galore as lenders compete for business
Mortgage Advice Bureau reports record number of deals on offer
Agency
Update: easyProperty reaches £1m fundraising target on day of launch
Investors rush to support new online agent – before it has sold or let a property
Finance
£100k discrepancy opens up between ONS and Land Registry
Massive difference between two 'official' house prices indices – but media don't notice