Cancelling occupancy contracts can be a long process which favours the tenant.

The introduction of a flat fee option by Lauristons is potentially problematic, it has been claimed.

A Doncaster-based mortgage broker is the latest in a string of companies to be fined by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for failing to provide a suitable service.

Getting planning permission to make changes to a property is now going to be a "much more straightforward process", according to the National Home Improvement Council (NHIC).

New house building is at a 50-year low and is evidence that the UK is now in recession, according to research by the Independent.

Housebuilders will need to comply with a new code of conduct if they want the best chance of selling property in the future.

The fact that new property is being sold at auction is a reflection of the current state of the housing market in the UK.

The property market in the UK is unlikely to recover quickly, a mortgage lender has suggested.

An industry expert has warned that there is a shorting of housing in the UK and that the situation would remain the same even if house prices were to stabilise.

A national campaign for affordable housing has condemned new government schemes designed to help the market saying that the current situation is "over-inflated and unsustainable".