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Aggravated burglaries up in Britian recent statistics show.
12:41pm Monday 15th February 2010
Householders should be alarmed following the recently released figures for burglaries in England and Wales. In 2008-2009 the police recorded 284,427 burglaries, which equates to one person being burgled every 2 minutes. Whilst 56,000 of these burglaries were taking place, the occupant was confronted by the burglar and most worryingly 23,000 householders were actually attacked by the burglar. This means a householder is attacked every 30 minutes.
OFT considers sale without agents
11:17am Thursday 18th February 2010
The trading watchdog is expected to look at whether homeowners can cut out estate agents when it publishes a market study into the home buying and selling process.
Mortgage Lending at a 10 year low
11:10am Thursday 18th February 2010
mortgage lending dived to a 10-year low during January as the housing market suffered a lull following the end of the Government's stamp duty holiday, figures have showed.
Buy-to-let lending rises: CML
3:11pm Thursday 11th February 2010
Buy-to-let lending grew for the second consecutive quarter during the final three months of 2009 as the market continued to show signs of improving, figures have shown.
Northern house prices 'rose most'
11:01am Wednesday 27th January 2010
Northern regions of the UK have seen the strongest house price growth during the past decade, research has shown.
Cost of fixed-rate mortgage falls
10:50am Wednesday 13th January 2010
The cost of fixed-rate mortgages fell during December as competition in the market began to increase, figures have shown.
House prices average £200,000 again
10:17am Wednesday 13th January 2010
The average house price has broken back through the £200,000 barrier after rising by 1.7% during November, Government figures have shown.
House prices rose by 5.9% in 2009
9:41am Thursday 31st December 2009
House prices rose by 5.9% in 2009 as the UK property market bounced back from last year's double digit declines, figures showed.
House prices increase amid shortage
4:31pm Thursday 17th December 2009
House prices rose by 0.5% during October as the market continued to be boosted by a shortage of homes for sale, research has showed.
House price recovery set to ease
10:31am Monday 30th November 2009
House prices rose for the fourth month in a row during November but there are signs the pace of the recovery may begin to ease in the months ahead, research showed.
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