Gap widens between London and elsewhere as prices fall in 2011, Land Registry figures show

The average house price in the north east of England has fallen below £100,000 according to official figures from the Land Registry which reveal a widening chasm between London and the rest of the country.

In England and Wales, the average property fell in...

Small rise in London prices offsets declines in other regions, after falls of 0.2% nationally in November and December

Britain's housing market got off to a slow start to the year as the usual seasonal slowdown was exacerbated by weak consumer confidence.

House prices were flat in January, after falls of 0.2% in November and December, according to a...

Analysis of top property markets by PricewaterhouseCoopers finds London struggling to retain status as gold standard of real estate

Istanbul, Munich and Warsaw are the new hotspots for property investors and developers, as much of Europe remains mired in a vicious cycle of low or no growth, mounting debt and drastic austerity measures.

London – u...

The latter part of 2012 could be the right time to invest in real estate in Panama, with one expert in the country expecting property prices to begin to rise from 2013.

In an article for The Panama Report, Kent Davis, from Panama Equity Real Estate, explained that values are likely to fall by between 10 and 20 per cent in Panama City this year,...

When Spanish financial institutions begin to sell-off their real estate portfolios, the price of buying a home in the nation is likely to fall.

This is the assertion of economy minister Luis de Guindos, who told state broadcaster TVE many residential properties held by the country's banks are not going to market because they are not being valued...

The value of real estate transactions completed in Abu Dhabi in 2011 reached AED 42.9 billion (£7.5 billion), authorities in the emirate have revealed.

Adel Hussain, a media consultant for the municipality, told Gulf News that this represents a five per cent increase compared to the volume of deals recorded in 2010.

Acting executive director...

All Liberal Democrats should follow Paddy Ashdown in voting against this iniquitous benefit cap that will deprive thousands more children of decent housing and schooling, and thereby render them virtually unemployable in the future (Peers reject £26,000 cap that includes child benefit, 24 January).

If these measures are intended to force their...

New research has revealed the value of Bulgarian property fell by between five and ten per cent in 2011, compared to 2010.

Propertywire reported on the data, which was gathered from brokers operating in the nation, noting that the situation is not expected to change over the course of the next 12 months.

Operations director at a Bulgarian real...

There continues to be an appetite among investors for luxury real estate in Spain, one agency has revealed.

Lucas Fox International Properties announced this week that 2011 was its "most successful operational year to date", with the firm citing its strong client base and portfolio of desirable assets among the factors that have helped...

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