Mortgage availability for homebuyers has improved over the past month, according to figures from the financial information service Moneyfacts.

The housing market may have been fluctuating in recent months, but the most exclusive street in England and Wales remains unchanged.

New figures have show that the property investment climate in Cyprus is currently very positive indeed.

Further rises in house prices may be held back by more properties coming onto the market, surveyors have said.

The number of mortgage deals on offer to borrowers rose by 6% in the past month, according to Moneyfacts.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee held interest rates today at their 0.5 per cent all-time low.

Nine out of 10 endowments could fail to earn enough money to pay off homes Claire McNeilly, BelfastTelegraph.co.uk – Thursday, 4 March 2010 Thousands of home owners in Northern Ireland are facing massive mortgage payment shortfalls, financial experts have warned. Some householders who took out endowment policies when they bought their properties could even be forced to [...]

An ageing population will have a significant impact on UK residential property market, report shows UK retirement property sector. PropertyWire.co.uk, Thursday, 04 March 2010 An explosion of grey hair has significant implications for the future of retirement properties in the UK and the wider residential real estate market, it is claimed. Retired people form the country’s fastest growing demographic [...]

The veteran politician had been ill for some time and receiving 24-hour care. He died early this morning at his home in Hampstead, North London.

Plans to encourage householders to make their homes much warmer and cheaper to run have been announced by ministers.

A supply shortage is continuing to fuel the country homes market, according to the latest Country Market Comment - research by The Buying Solution.

Managing Partner Philip Selway said: "A continued supply shortage across all regions means that good houses are selling well under competition.

Sex toys are the No1 item left behind by tenants when they move out of a property, according to a new survey by The Deposit Protection Service (DPS).

In a poll of more than 1000 landlords across the UK, sex toys were the most frequently left behind item landlords had to dispose of.

The latest figures from Assetz House Price Watch show that house prices were 4.7% higher in January than at the same time in 2009. Assetz House Price Watch compiles monthly average figures taken from all of the major house price indices to offer a more accurate picture of house price trends.

Graph 1, attached, reveals that the average house price, ascertained from the five major UK indices, was £194,168 in January. This is a £8,669 increase on figures for January 2009 and represents 4.7% growth year-on-year. Average house prices are currently at the highest level since October 2008 (£194,735).

The bank, 41 per cent owned by the taxpayer, has broken with convention by not charging a fixed application fee such as £499 or £999 on the new remortgage deal.

David and Victoria Beckham are said to be in negotiations to buy George Clooney's Italian villa home on the shore of Lake Como.