House Property Prices - What Should Buyers and Sellers do in 2011?

November property prices and volumes continue to show a 'depressed' picture from a 'national' perspective. The number of properties available for sale has started to slide slightly as potential sellers worry more about getting through Christmas rather than putting their properties on the market.

For the past, current and future house price indicators READ MORE

What Should Buyers and Sellers do in 2011?

READ MORE for regional property data.

Estate Agent Awards 2010

Most people enjoy taking the mick out of estate agents and they are often the butt of many jokes. It's a shame though, because if all those people who berate agents could have attended the Estate Agent Awards on Friday, 3rd December they would have seen how professional, forward looking and what an incredibly charitable industry estate agents are.

The awards were presented by James Cracknell, an amazing man who has won two Olympic Gold Medals, six World Champtionship Titles, rowed across the Atlantic and raced to the South Pole.

So who are the winning agents? READ ON to find out who the key winners are.

Estate Agent Awards 2010

Cap on Local Housing Allowance rates could cause problems if implemented

The Coalition Government have started to realise that their cap on the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) could cause major problems within areas such as London if implemented.

Due to private landlords having potentially to turf out LHA tenants to make ends meet, the government have agreed to delay the implementation of the cap until January 2012 for people that are already claiming the benefit.

Caps for new housing benefit claimants will be brought forward though and all be introduced in April 2011 (instead of April 2011 and October 2011).

For more information and full details of the new caps - READ MORE.