News archive for September 2008

• House price growth strong in Scottish university towns Sep 01 2008

  Three of Scotland's university towns have made it into the top 10 for house price growth over the past five years, according to a new survey from the Halifax.
  
  Dundee, Aberdeen and Paisley showed some of the strongest growth of all towns and cities with universities in the UK.

• Welcome for £1.6bn boost to housing markets Sep 03 2008

  Gordon Brown's £1.6bn emergency housing package received a cautious welcome from estate agents and house builders last night. Banks have also been called upon to help by freeing up more money for home loans to ease the credit crunch.

• Mortgage bail-out rallies markets Sep 08 2008

  Global shares have rallied after the US government said it was taking over troubled mortgage lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

• PRIVATE RENTED SECTOR CONTINUES TO FLOURISH Sep 09 2008

  The last three months have seen a rise of almost 20% in new tenancies, according to the latest ARLA quarterly survey.

• Fall in house prices is confirmed Sep 16 2008

  The fall in house prices during the past year has been confirmed by the government's own house price index.

• Growth rate falls, but Scots house prices continuing to rise Sep 18 2008

  Scotland continues to buck the UK trend of falling house prices but the pace of increase has slowed considerably, falling to just 3.6% for the year to the end of July - well down on an annual rate of 9.7% recorded in January.

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