RICS

Data from members of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) suggests residential house prices fell more slowly in December than in the previous three months.

Participants in the housing market have been hit with a double blow today with calls from charity Shelter to double council tax rates on second homes,while figures from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors suggest sales are down to 1992 levels....

House prices are now falling at their steepest rate for nine years, suggests the latest RICS housing market survey.

At least 200,000 family businesses could be forced to pay additional tax of more than £1bn in total or around £9,000 a year following a legal victory for the Inland Revenue, says this morning's Daily Telegraph .

A full decline in UK house prices has been registered by the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors for the first time in a year as house price activity dropped 11% in the three months to August.

Research by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors suggests some £200bn worth of residential and commercial property across the UK is at risk of coastal or river flooding.

Lender Paragon Mortgages says figures obtained through its monthly buy-to-let index show the UK rental market is still strong as rents continue to increase at more than twice the level of inflation.

People's fears over property prices ignore the fact uncertainties are also driving increasing numbers of people into the arms of buy-to-let landlords.

House prices have frozen for the first time in a year, reveals the latest report from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

Many industry experts believe the UK property market will be mirroring the Australian one as they share many similar traits, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors says.