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25, 2009 June:

Winkworth opens in south west

Winkworth has continued its expansion with the opening of its first franchised office in the west country. A niche business, it will specialise in waterside properties throughout the south west...

24, 2009 June:

Lead Galaxy shoots for the stars

Calling all property agents and developers! Property marketplace Lead Galaxy has re-launched and now allows you to bid for and buy qualified customer sales leads from a dedicated call centre, affiliated sites and property portals...

Tesco taking over

Tesco has announced a new sale & leaseback transaction involving £458 million of Tesco's property assets in the latest phase of its ongoing programme to release value from its UK property portfolio...

23, 2009 June:

Bridging the gap

Work on building the world's longest suspension bridge across the Messina Strait will start next year, the CEO of the contracting company has said...

12, 2009 June:

Finding that dream tenant

From today until 19th June, www.upad.co.uk is giving away £100,000 in free online advertising to the UK's landlord community...

08, 2009 June:

Cooking the books?

Most lenders to the UK's investment property market will be unable to shrink troublesome loan books for the foreseeable future, despite much of this debt being under water, analysts claim...

05, 2009 June:

New laws for Saudi

The property market in Saudi Arabia is set to be revolutionized by a new mortgage law which will help first time buyers who currently cannot afford to get onto the property ladder...

04, 2009 June:

Valuations just got easier

Causeway Data Communications (CDC) a company specialising in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has signed a contract with an American company to use its innovative property valuation technology...

03, 2009 June:

Lending rates rise

One of the UK's largest lenders, Alliance & Leicester, has substantially increased its lending rate on mortgages...

02, 2009 June:

The world in a day

Fancy visiting New York, Paris, Venice and London all in the space of one day? If Pinewood Studios goes ahead with its proposed £200 million revamp that's exactly what you will be able to do - as the outlines for streetscapes come to life on a site next to the existing studios in Buckinghamshire...

28, 2009 May:

Ready to restart Macau projects

Las Vegas Sands Chief Sheldon Adelson has said he may have arranged financing necessary to restart stalled construction projects in Macau and the United States by the end of 2009...

22, 2009 May:

Property portals - global top 100

New research published today by Globaledge.co.uk reveals the most important property portals on the Internet...

Radical help for FTBs

Lloyds is hoping to help kick-start the housing market by launching a radical new mortgage aimed at first-time buyers...

21, 2009 May:

Compare and share alike

A new service created by Evaluate Technologies enables UK consumers to select a mortgage to suit their own needs, without having to rely on a mortgage broker...

13, 2009 May:

Oz extends first home grant

After much dismay from first-time buyers and developers at the news that the Australian Government was stopping the First Home Owners Boost Scheme, which was helping thousands to get onto the property ladder, it is now time for celebration as the scheme is to continue until October...

11, 2009 May:

Costa Rica's credit crunch

Property prices are falling and real estate developments are being delayed as the market in some parts of Costa Rica are affected by the global downturn...

Landlord's licence: bad news?

Last week reports appeared in the press about Government plans to introduce a licensing scheme for landlords in England and Wales...

08, 2009 May:

First franchise in Turkey

The Turkish property market has its first franchised real estate operation with the international company hoping to open 50 offices in its first year...

30, 2009 April:

Every little helps

Sainsbury's was the best performer of the ‘big four' supermarkets in the latest market share figures for the grocery sector...

Scots scrap right-to-buy social housing

The draft Housing (Scotland) Bill proposes to scrap the right to buy on all new-build affordable (social) housing and the Government is also looking into a proposal to end the right to buy for tenants moving into existing social housing stock...

OEA name change

The Ombudsman for Estate Agents scheme is changing its name on Friday (May 1st) to the Property Ombudsman Service (TPOS)...

29, 2009 April:

Cheaper rates for Irish buyers

Banks controlled by British taxpayers are offering mortgages to first-time buyers in the Irish Republic at half the rate that they are available in the UK...

Lessons for landlords

Housing associations need to get better at talking to tenants when things go wrong, according to the Housing Ombudsman and HouseMark as they launch a new project to help social landlords deal with complaints...

28, 2009 April:

Agent's fees investigated

A robust examination of the transparency of professional fees in the real estate sector is to be launched by the world's leading source of land, property, construction and related knowledge...

23, 2009 April:

Warning over eBay private sales

Rightmove has warned agents that listing properties on eBay could be fraught with dangers...

22, 2009 April:

Registering change

The Land Registry has been hit hard by the downturn and is responding by raising fees for registering a property in England and Wales and also for the official searches and copies of title plans - a move likely to be unpopular with vendors and sellers already struggling with property transaction costs...

Pick that HIP carefully

With recent legislative changes now in force it is crucial agents select a HIP provider that subscribes to the HIP Code to ensure they receive quality, compliant packs and do not leave themselves liable to fines or legal action, the Association of Home Information Pack Providers (AHIPP) has warned...

20, 2009 April:

100 per cent home loans 'not dead'

Mortgages which allow buyers to borrow 100 per cent of a property's value have been backed by a member of the Bank of England's interest-rate setting committee...

17, 2009 April:

Master-plan for Vietnam

Vietnam's urban areas are to be developed and improved as part of a master-plan put in place by the Vietnam Government, which aims to preserve historic sites whilst utilizing the very latest in modern technology to create 1,000 urban areas for a projected population of 52 million by 2025...

16, 2009 April:

Moscow international property show

The Moscow International Property Show held last weekend confirmed it's position as the leading event in Russia for International Real Estate developers and agents, as visitors swarmed to this concentrated two day event - the next one is in November...

15, 2009 April:

Brazil: a tough nut to crack

The Brazilian Government has, after huge amounts of speculation, launched a national housing scheme that aims to increase the number of homes available all over the country...

09, 2009 April:

Royal flush

The Royal Show is to have its last year this year, as financial pressure made it no longer possible to carry on...

08, 2009 April:

Oz buyer grant ‘drying up?'

The first time buyer grant offered by the Australian Government has been hugely popular and thousands of buyers have already taken advantage of it - but now, there is concern that demand is exceeding supply and the pot of cash is running out - possibly signalling an end to the slight improvement in the country's property market...

New resource for tenants

The Tenants and Residents Organisations of England (TAROE) has announced the launch of their brand new website...

07, 2009 April:

Climbing the Westminster ladder

First time buyers who are priced out of the housing market will be able to take advantage of a new free service to help them get on the property ladder, council bosses have announced...

New tracker deal

Nationwide Building Society has announced that it is launching a new two year tracker mortgage deal available from 3.59 per cent....

06, 2009 April:

HIPS changes criticised

Calls for Home Information Packs for property in the UK to be scrapped are mounting as new changes that come into force today are widely criticised...

UAE go all PR

The UAE emirate of Dubai has appointed London public relations group Finsbury to handle its financial communications strategy in an effort to head off negative press coverage of its troubled economy...

03, 2009 April:

HIPs change today

As of today, Monday April 6th, the rules around Home Information Packs (HIPS) are changing - vendors will now need to get a HIP before an estate agent can market the property - and industry experts are concerned this could prove yet another blow to an already ailing market...

02, 2009 April:

Igloo-houses hit China

A Mercer plastic igloo-house maker in New Zealand has been inspired by China's biggest house builder...

First day for Fridays

Leading Conveyancing Lawyers call on the Government to extend first day marketing for homeowners facing repossession...

01, 2009 April:

The painted lady

Considering it was supposed to have been dismantled more than a century ago, Paris' most famous landmark is looking good as it turns 120 years old - however, none of this growing old gracefully - the ‘Iron Lady' is being given a facelift to maintain her youthful appearance...

Govt's toolkit

A UK Government-backed scheme has launched a ‘culture, sport and planning toolkit' to aid the introduction of sport and culture facilities into regeneration developments...

31, 2009 March:

Safe as houses

Vacant houses can be a magnet for squatters, vandals and thieves, so in a bid to combat this, a pilot scheme between police and Housing New Zealand has been launched in the country, in which ‘house guardians' are assigned an empty property on a street near their house and given duties such as emptying the mailbox...

New event for agents in the West Country

A new event specifically aimed at independent agents in the south-west is being held in Exeter...

Tesco to open bank branches

Tesco hopes to cash in on the confidence crisis in the financial sector by opening bank branches in 30 of its supermarkets by the end of the year...

Countrywide and Foxtons hint

Debt-laden Countrywide has won court approval for meetings of shareholders to vote on the raising of extra money for the estate agency group...

30, 2009 March:

National treasures saved

Many national treasures have been saved by grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund, it has been announced, including Great Dixter, the home of the late Country Life writer Christopher Lloyd...

27, 2009 March:

Feeling the pinch?

If you have had a credit or store card, secured or unsecured loan, HP agreement or car finance which you took out before April 6th 2007, these credit agreements may now be challenged on a number of issues due to recent changes to the Consumer Credit Act, even if they have already been paid off...