The number of empty shops in town centres is at its highest for four years, industry figures show. The vacancy rate was 10.3% in July, its highest level since January 2015, according to the British Retail Consortium and Springboard survey. Footfall also fell by 1.9% in July, the worst July performance for seven years. Diane […]

Older property owners are staying put in the family home as the UK housing market continues to see low turnover. Uncertainty has led to relatively little buying and selling activity among existing homeowners, the Nationwide Building Society said. The lender said that owners aged 55 to 64 had typically been in their current property for […]

Typically, this type of property cost £903,088 in May last year, but fell by 6.1% to £847,998 by this May, Land Registry figures show. The prices of other property types in the capital also fell, but by less. Annual property price rises overall in the UK slowed to 1.2% in May, from 1.5% the previous […]