Residential rents fell for the first time since April 2003 in the three months to October as the supply of properties to let surged, according to the latest survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Savers with money trapped in accounts with the Icelandic bank should be fully refunded by the end of November, according to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme
The agreement with Britain and other European countries on guidelines covering Icesave accounts is likely to clear the way for a stalled IMF support package for Reykjavik
Average asking prices for properties have fallen 7 per cent in the past year, according to Rightmove, as sellers are forced to take action to attract new buyers.
A study finds that roughly half of outstanding buy-to-let mortgages show higher levels of arrears than those packaged earlier, before underwriting standards were relaxed
Britain is set to enter a recession as severe as that of 1991, with the economy shrinking by 2.5 per cent from its peak before reaching a trough late next year, according to a sharply revised forecast from the CBI employers' body