According to the latest index from Knight Frank Residential, development land values climbed by 0.5% across England and Wales in the first three months of the year. Average land values were up 0.2% on the year, reversing the 0.3% annual decline in the fourth quarter of 2012 but there are regional variations with prices in [...]

One in five home owners in the UK aged over 55 want to sell and move to a smaller property, new research shows. Average home owners reckon they could raise £78,000 by doing so but four out of five are worried about the expense and hassle of moving house, the research also found. The independent [...]

Developers are capitalising on London’s recent growth in high value residential sales, as shown by the number of units in Central London now awaiting planning consent, according to consultants. Following years of undersupply of new homes, there were 6,548 units in Central London awaiting consent in the first quarter of 2013, compared with 3,023 units [...]

Some 82% of home owners in the UK want more to be done to make it easier for new lenders to enter the mortgage market and would welcome more innovative products, according to new research. Many believe that new lenders such as Tesco, Virgin Money and M&S, as well as other new entrants, can help [...]