The UK housing industry is facing serious headwinds, both immediate and long term with a lack of finance imposing a straitjacket, according to a new report from property consultants Jones Lang LaSalle.

The UK’s residential property market is stuck in a slump and it faces another 12 years before prices recover to the peak values of 2007, according to leading accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The number of residential property tenants in severe financial difficulty in the UK climbed by 8% in the second quarter of 2012, with over 7,000 more tenants over two months in arrears than in the first three months of 2012.

Overseas buyers are becoming increasingly interested in property in Greece as people expect prices to plummet if the country leaves the euro.

A double dip recession in the UK is unlikely to markedly affect the country’s real estate market, according to national estate agents Strutt & Parker.

Home affordability in cities in the UK is at its most favourable in nearly a decade, according to the latest Lloyds TSB Affordable Cities Review.

Economists in the US expect home prices to fall 0.7% 2012, which is more negative than their previous expectation of a 0.2% decline, according to the March Zillow Home Price Expectations Survey.

An ageing population and an increasing number of immigrants are set to fuel a property price boom in the UK, it is claimed.

UK buyers and sellers are more upbeat about the outlook for the property market but this is offset by rising fears over job security, according to the latest quarterly survey by the Building Societies Association.

With prices continuing to rise in Brazil and the country’s economy booming there is concern that something might crash at some point but real estate experts do not believe that the property market will burst.

The UK property industry will strive to meet government sustainability targets despite the prolonged economic turndown, property industry leaders told a MIPIM event today (Tuesday 06 March).

UK Housing Minister Grant Shapps has announced a new £20 million safety net to help ensure that mortgage repossession remains the last resort for struggling home owners.

The decision today (Thursday 09 February) by the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee to increase quantitative easing in the UK has been met with a mixed response by property experts.

The total number of properties taken into possession by first charge mortgage lenders in 2011 was 36,200, the lowest annual total since 2007, according to new data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

More people in the UK expect house prices to rise than fall in 2012, according to the third Halifax Housing Market Confidence Tracker that monitors public sentiment towards the housing market.

Rising living costs are putting off first time buyers in the UK despite the fact that mortgage cost have fallen below 2003 levels, new research shows.

Chelsea Building Society said it is continuing in its aim to offer borrowers the most competitive mortgage deals with the lowest ever five year fixed rate deal.

Housing Minister Grant Shapps today (Wednesday 01 February) highlighted how the government's action to get Britain building again will play a vital and central role in getting the country's economy on the road to recovery.

Residential property prices in the UK fell by 0.2% in January but are 0.6% higher than a year ago, according to the latest house price index from the Nationwide Building Society published today (Wednesday 01 February).

Despite the current gloomy economic outlook British people are relatively confident about the property market, according to new research published today (Friday 27 January).

More than half of all global real estate investment resides in just 30 cities and a quarter is in the five top tier cities of London, Tokyo, New York, Hong Kong and Paris, new research shows.

Debt concerns in the eurozone remain a risk for UK property investments despite 2011 exceeding expectations, according to consultants.

A cooling property market in China could shave more than 2% off growth in the country in 2012, it is claimed.

While 2011 was clearly a challenging year for the residential property market in the United States, there is a lot to be positive about looking ahead to 2012.

The UK property sector had a better end to the year in 2011 but faces considerable challenged in 2012, according to an analysis by accountants Pricewaterhouse Cooper.

Falling occupier demand and increasing availability drove down commercial property rental expectations in the final quarter of 2011, according to the latest UK Commercial Market Survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

The weak UK economy is impacting on rental prospects in the London lettings market but is likely to be contained by supply and demand fundamentals, it is claimed.

China is set to tighten restrictions on foreign real estate investment, according to a statement from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOC).

The private rented property sector in the UK is facing a mixed outlook in 2012 but such challenging conditions may spark improvement in standards, according to the Association of Residential Lettings Agents (ARLA).

The property rental market in Portugal is surging due to strong demand as the country’s sales market remains downbeat, according to the November Portuguese Housing Market Survey.

Almost half of consumers in the UK feel that now is a good time to buy property as confidence in the housing market remains stable despite the gloomy economic outlook predicting that the country could be heading for a double dip recession.

Residential property markets in Australia have generally struggled for growth in 2011 with reduced buyer activity and decreased median house prices being recorded in all capital cities.
 

Mounting pressure on the global economy and the eurozone crisis in particular is starting to have an effect on worldwide property markets, according to the latest Knight Frank Global House Price Index.

Property risks are overshadowing China's economic outlook as a slowdown in sales threatens to trigger developer collapses, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Sentiment in the Hong Kong residential real estate sector was weaker last month because of global economic turmoil and continued problems in the eurozone, according to analysts.

The number of new buy to let loans granted in the UK increased by 16% in the third quarter of 2011, according to data published today (Thursday 10 November) by the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

Slow economic performance in the UK has been passed on to values in the commercial property sector through declining occupier demand, according to the latest IPD UK Quarterly Property Index.

Average residential property prices in the UK increased by 0.4% in October with the typical house now costing £165,650, according to the latest figures published today (Tuesday 01 November) by the Nationwide.

Residential property prices in Ireland continued to collapse last month with the average home now worth almost half of its peak value.

The housing market in the United States continues to be very weak and is unlikely to improve in the near term, according to the August 2011 RPX monthly housing report from New York based Radar Logic.

A weak economy and lack of lending is continuing to depress the residential property market in Portugal, according to the September RICS/Ci housing market survey published today (Monday 24 October).

A robust economy is driving demand in the residential real estate sector in Oman, according to the quarter three report from surveyors and valuers Cluttons published today (Monday October 10).

Property transactions are increasing again in the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden but lack of lending is still holding the real estate market back, according to analysts.

The economic gloom is now impacting on the residential property market which was subdued last month, according to the August 2011 UK Housing Market Survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors published today (Tuesday 13 September).