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It was reported today that Halifax has indicated that House prices fell by 0.1% in November but there are hopes the market may be stabilising.

Property prices in the three months to November were 0.7% lower than a year earlier, which was their first annual decline since November 2009. However, Halifax said there were signs home owners were becoming more reluctant to put properties on the market, which would help slow the recent quarterly falls in house prices.

The month-on-month decline in November took the average house price to £164,708 and followed a record 3.7% fall in September and

Just a quick note to remind everyone that the final auctions of the year take place next week. From 17th December until early January there will be no new properties in our database, however you can still check out the unsold lots from this month's auctions. Remember that you can still call us or fill in the property auction enquiry form, if you're thinking about selling your property at auction next year. 

We love reading all the showbiz property gossip in London's ES, and obviously realising that you don't all live in London, we thought we'd share the latest report regarding Sienna Miller who has apparently found that her boho-chic taste, when applied to property, can be difficult to shift. About 18 months ago she put her exotic two-bedroom Georgian mews house in Maida Vale on the market at £1.295 million.

“The interior is totally wild, with a large Moroccan-themed spa in the basement, complete with plunge pool and sauna,” reports an astonished visitor. “Sienna obviously likes to party as

Village charm and the great outdoors give Mill Hill family appeal, while commuters love the nearby M1 and the 20-minute train journey to St. Pancras, says Anthea Masey.

This north-west London neighbourhood has two distinct faces: the charming old village of Mill Hill is scattered along a narrow ridge - not surprisingly the road is called The Ridgeway - which looks north-east over open countryside and south-west to Harrow and beyond. Then at the bottom of the hill, placed strategically between the A1 and the M1, there is the bustling Broadway, with its shops and cafés tucked among surrounding

The London Evening Standard New Homes Awards, now in their 19th year, celebrate the highest standard of skills, design and craftsmanship within the new homes industry.

The awards have been extended this year to comprise thirteen categories, each with two sections.

One section is for companies, or groups of companies, who build up to 100 units per annum.

The other section is for those completing more than 100 units per annum, ensuring an equal chance to all companies whatever their size.

So, whether you have built hundreds of units, or just a single house within the past year, we

If you haven't looked already, we have loads more properties in our database - over 500 lots, with more property auction catalogues being released by the auction houses this week.  Merseyside and Lancashire are particularly good areas to search for auction property this week, whilst next week we should have lots more auction property in London and the South East.  Happy house hunting!

Property Prices Up, Property Prices Down, the headlines seem to change every week - which is it and who should be benefitting?

What we can gather is that the real leverage for buyers right now is the often reported mismatch between this increasing supply of properties for sale and faltering demand from cautious house-hunters who are thinking long and hard before committing to a purchase.

The shortage of purchasers means sellers are bending over backwards to secure a sale - even if it's well below the asking price - thereby giving buyers the upper hand. This is very good news for buyers

A lot of people will admit that they are hoarders. It's amazing how many cupboards, wardrobes, cabinets and surfaces contain items collected over the years, things which we haven't laid eyes on since that all important purchase or hand me down. My parents are terrific hoarders, they have rugby programmes stacked up on the shelves, dating back to 1980. When I ask "why?" they don't actually know the reason!

Whatever sentiment these things may carry, there are times when we have to be ruthless, and one of these times is when we are going to be putting our house on the market - we need to make

House prices fell for the fourth month in a row during October as buyers continued to stay away from the market, research has indicated.

Property values in England and Wales fell by 0.9% during the month, the biggest drop since January 2009, to leave the average home costing £156,200, according to property intelligence group Hometrack.

The group said a combination of falling demand and rising supply had continued to put house prices under pressure, with falls recorded in 56% of postcode districts while just 0.1% of areas saw a rise. It warned that further price falls were "inevitable"

Osbourne King have reported that with over £90 million worth of transacted sales during the last three months, the market is poised to capitalise on the return of some institutional investors into Northern Ireland.

While the institutions have focused predominantly on mainland UK, they are also re-investing in Northern Ireland as evidenced by the recent sale of Damolly Retail Park, Newry to London-based Metric Property Investments plc for £34.9 million reflecting a net initial yield of 6.25%. In August, the vendor of Damolly Retail Park, Corbo Properties, also completed the sale of 48-54