The sharp slowdown in mortgage lending has affected the sales of BoKloks, the Swedish retailer's prefabricated housing targeted at first-time buyers on modest incomes
The Dubai government has launched a takeover approach for the London developer, after a period of months in which other suitors revealed their interest
The value of upmarket City property is under pressure due to economic uncertainty and the jobs squeeze while the market outside London is more robust, says Savills
Investor confidence in the property funds sector, once the darling of the investment community, was showing strong signs of recovery in spite of deteriorating credit conditions
The estate agency said demand for tenancies in the City of London had reduced 'significantly' and residential sales volumes in the capital had seen a 'sharp fall'
The housing market decline has frozen the volume of deals, equating to about 150 branches going bust every month, mainly single-shop independent operators
Providers cut maximum loan amounts on new-build properties and withdraw many competitive rates to be more into line with others that have already pared back lending
Bovis's disappointing figures over the 'spring selling season' confounded industry chiefs' optimism last week that said falling new-house figures were a temporary blip
Housebuilder Bovis joins the list of developers warning of lower sales, as it reports 70% fewer homes sold over the past eight weeks than it did last year
Aberdeen Asset Management said property market may have seen the worst of the losses as it bought back its former UK property management arm from Australia's Goodman Group for an initial £89m
Bovis Homes became the latest housebuilder to warn of the rapid deterioration in the housing market as it warned first-half profits would be 'significantly lower' than last year
UK house prices fell by 0.2 per cent in April, while the March figure was revised downward to show a 0.2 per cent fall in the first back-to-back monthly reading of falling house prices since April 1995
Just months after commercial property fund valuations fell rapidly, managers are launching more products, citing new opportunities in global real estate
Mortgage rates are expected to rise again in coming weeks, in spite of the Bank of England's unprecedented intervention to ease liquidity in the banking system.
Interested in a flat on the Riviera or overlooking the Neva in St Petersburg? Purchasing homes far from London is tempting given the rise in price of upscale properties elsewhere in 2007.
Landlords are having to pump a greater amount of their own capital into their property investments, just as house prices are looking unstable, as more buy-to-let lenders have scaled back their maximum loan sizes.
A warning to UK homebuyers that mortgage lending could halve this year prompted a pledge from the chancellor, to do 'everything I possibly can' to restore normality
As well as rising interest rates, harsher lending criteria and fewer deals available, one of the biggest problems facing those looking for a mortgage is the rapidity with which new mortgage offers are being withdrawn.
With mortgage costs rising and job losses now expected in the financial services and other sectors, homeowners are being advised to protect themselves against loss of income