Buy-to-let investment is not just about price, investors have been advised.

Those investing in residential property can benefit from finding out about their rights when it comes to taking on tenants on benefits, it has been suggested.

London is one of the parts of the UK where the housing market is seeing the greatest rise in demand, new data has indicated.

The increase in mortgage lending announced by the likes of HSBC will enable more first-time buyers to get on the housing ladder, it has been stated.

The price of homes is still falling, but the rate of decline is slowing down, new figures suggest.

A new property development in Leeds has seen its apartments being filled rapidly in the eight weeks after new ownership took over the building.

HSBC has announced it is launching three new mortgage products with 90 per cent loan-to-values (LTVs).

The recent increase in the number of mortgages lent is the most tangible sign of housing market recovery, it has been suggested.

The way housing benefits are paid is leading to more property investors suffering repossession as they are less likely to receive rental payments, the National Landlords Association (NLA) has argued.

There are some signs of the start of a possible recovery in the property market, the centre for economics and business research (CEBR) has said.