http://www.propertymarket.co.uk Investment Property and Land News http://www.propertymarket.co.uk/investment-land-property-news21.htm Despite the Government's pledge to regenerate urban brownfield sites, developments have sprung up on land which has been redesignated from Green Belt status... http://www.propertymarket.co.uk/investment-land-property-news20.htm Planners will be forced to allow the building of a third more new homes every year, with the building taking place in the parts of the country where house prices are the highest, the Government said yesterday... http://www.propertymarket.co.uk/investment-land-property-news19.htm John Prescott has given his backing to one of the biggest building schemes approved on green belt land... http://www.propertymarket.co.uk/investment-land-property-news18.htm John Prescott has given his backing to one of the biggest building schemes approved on green belt land... http://www.propertymarket.co.uk/investment-land-property-news17.htm The latest pronouncement from the United Kingdom Government on housing policy underlines how important are the industry's efforts to create a new stream of affordable housing opportunities... http://www.propertymarket.co.uk/investment-land-property-news16.htm Britain is facing a housing crisis with a potential shortfall of 1.4 million homes, according to experts... http://www.propertymarket.co.uk/investment-land-property-news15.htm Experts at the Property Investor Show (23 to 25 September, ExCeL London) are advising investors keen to take advantage of tax breaks... http://www.propertymarket.co.uk/investment-land-property-news14.htm The European market offers annual yields of around 5-10%, but for those who don't mind travelling further afield... http://www.propertymarket.co.uk/investment-land-property-news13.htm House prices rose by 1.6% in August, their biggest monthly gain in almost a year, according to the Halifax... http://www.propertymarket.co.uk/investment-land-property-news12.htm The Bank of England has surprised City analysts by cutting interest rates by one quarter of a percentage point... http://www.propertymarket.co.uk/investment-land-property-news11.htm Caroline Spelman, the UK Conservative Party's shadow local government secretary, has attacked the New Labour government for turning the Green Belt into more of an elastic band, increasing it where there is no demand for new building and loosening it where there is. But that, surely, is what the government should be doing... http://www.propertymarket.co.uk/investment-land-property-news6.htm A consistent reduction in supply of land coming on to the market because of uncertainty about Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reforms has helped maintain land prices in the North, with the overall picture nationally recording prices at their highest level ever... http://www.propertymarket.co.uk/investment-land-property-news10.htm A shake-up of the planning system is needed to respond better to market demand for more homes, ensuring more first time buyers get the chance to afford homes of their own, Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott said today... http://www.propertymarket.co.uk/investment-land-property-news8.htm The Olympics could trigger a fresh house price boom in the capital London house prices could be set for bumper rises following the announcement that the city will host the Olympics in 2012, the Halifax has said... http://www.propertymarket.co.uk/investment-land-property-news1.htm The RICS Global Property Survey (second edition out July 2005) provides unique insight into commercial property occupancy and investment trends in cities around the world... http://www.propertymarket.co.uk/investment-land-property-news4.htm Developers want the government to release 1,200 acres of green belt land so that they can fund and build a town of 14,000 new homes in the heart of the Thames Gateway growth area... http://www.propertymarket.co.uk/investment-land-property-news9.htm Green belts won't work when they are made of elastic... http://www.propertymarket.co.uk/investment-land-property-news5.htm An average of 2,400 acres of undeveloped green belt is being built on each year, the Government has admitted in a parliamentary written answer... http://www.propertymarket.co.uk/investment-land-property-news3.htm Nearly 40% of private investors don't know where to invest, but are still failing to seek expert advice to make their investment decisions, according to research carried out by UK fund management house, New Star Asset Management... http://www.propertymarket.co.uk/investment-land-property-news2.htm New research from Halifax Financial Services has shown that almost 2.3 million Londoners moved away from the capital over the last 10 years and headed mainly for the suburbs, the South East and the West Country... http://www.propertymarket.co.uk/investment-land-property-news7.htm The property industry put on a brave face after Gordon Brown failed to outline any plans for new real estate investment trusts (Reits)...