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Over 10 million homes in Britain are to benefit from a government initiative to help reduce fuel bills. With gas and electricity costs soaring in recent months ministers have been under pressure to introduce a windfall tax on utility providers as a means of funding cash handouts to the nation’s poorer families. However, the idea has

Each month the Land Registry publishes data on the UK housing market, with the figures one month behind those of other leading commentators. However, the Land Registry’s tables are based on completed transactions and as such form the most reliable source of data on house prices. The latest figures available show that in July, house prices in

House sales are at their lowest for 30 years. Latest figures from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) show that in the three months to the end of August estate agents sold an average 14.4 homes, or 1.1 properties per week. The level of transactions is 47% below August 2007 and compares with average sales of

The head of Nationwide Building Society, Graham Beale, is predicting that UK house prices could fall by as much as 25% from their peak last autumn. Speaking to BBC News, the chief executive said that signs of a recovery in the housing market may be delayed until 2010 and that prices will continue to fall throughout

That well-worn estate agents’ phrase, “laid to lawn and flower beds” takes on a new meaning in the light of research from Yorkshire Bank. In its quarterly Homebuyers’ Report, the bank has revealed that the average homeowner thinks a garden is worth over £9,000 in terms of the total price of a property. According to Yorkshire’s head