HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has today revealed a marginal rise in the number of homes sold in June in the UK. According to HMRC, 73,000 homes worth at least £40,000 or more were sold in the month – 5,000 higher than May’s level of 68,000. However, it is 12,000 lower than June 2010’s figure. [...]
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has today revealed a further fall in the number of homes sold in May in the UK. According to HMRC, 68,000 homes worth at least £40,000 or more were sold in the month – 2,000 lower than the revised total of April and 3,000 lower when compared with May 2010. [...]
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has today revealed a fall in the number of homes sold in April in the UK. According to HMRC, 66,000 homes worth at least £40,000 or more were sold in the month – 1,000 less than the previous month and 6,000 lower than in April 2010. Today’s figures, along with [...]
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has today revealed a slight rise in the number of homes sold in February in the UK. According to HMRC, 57,000 homes worth at least £40,000 or more were sold in the month – 4,000 more than January‘s levels. The figures come as the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) revealed a [...]
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has revealed a slump in the number of homes sold in January in the UK. According to HMRC, just 54,000 homes worth at least £40,000 or more were sold in the month – the lowest number since January 2010. The figures are revealed as the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) reported [...]
The British Bankers’ Association (BBA) has today revealed a further fall in the number of new mortgages approved by the major banks in January. According to the BBA, the number of new mortgages approved in the month stood at 28,932 - marginally better than December’s levels but 29% lower compared with January 2010. The figures [...]
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has reported that the number of homes sold in the UK during 2010 was 885,000. While this was a slight improvement on 2009 levels, it was just over half of the peak seen during the housing boom years of 2006 and 2007. The figures are evidence that the housing market [...]
The British Bankers’ Association (BBA) has today revealed a further fall in the number of new mortgages approved by the major banks in December. According to the BBA, the number of new mortgages approved in the month fell to 28,726, down from 29,696 in November - representing the lowest figure since January 2009. Net mortgage [...]
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has revealed a slump in the number of homes sold in November in the UK. According to HMRC, 77,000 homes worth at least £40,000 or more were sold in the month - down from the 80,000 sold in October and 6,000 less than in November last year. The figures are [...]
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has revealed a slump in the number of homes sold in October in the UK. According to HMRC, 79,000 homes worth at least £40,000 or more were sold in the month, a fall of 11% on an annual basis. While it was 1,000 higher from September’s figure, it is evident [...]
Figures published by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) revealed the recession had a severe impact on personal pension contributions. According to figures, workers put £1 billion less into their personal pensions last year - the first fall since the mid 1990s and was primarily due to lower employee contributions. Higher unemployment during the period and [...]
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has said the Government is expected to see a rise in income tax revenue this year. Income tax revenue has plummeted over the last two years, one of the reasons is the recession which has hit tax revenues. Tax receipts and corporation tax takings have been lower, as well as [...]
New figures from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) show the number of homes sold in the UK falling to 87,000 in November, compared with 90,000 in October. However, last month’s total for properties worth £40,000 and above is the second-highest so far in 2009, and the dip still leaves completed transactions at over twice the [...]
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has confirmed that the bank bonus tax will not apply to staff of non-banking firms such as insurers, assets managers and stockbrokers. There were queries about which organisations would be affected by the 50% tax, which was announced the Pre-Budget Report, but it has been confirmed that it will apply [...]
A report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has revealed that around 1.5 million pensioners have made overpayments in income tax due to processing errors. Furthermore, the NAO revealed that around 3.2 million were neglecting to take up their allowance entitlements. The watchdog also estimated that half a million pensions have underpaid tax, by an [...]
Latest figures from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) show a rise in the number of homes sold in the UK during May. Transactions involving properties worth over £40,000 increased by 7% last month to 62,000 and were at their highest since October 2008. However, they remained significantly below levels seen at the height of the [...]
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has embarked on a new campaign in order to get millions of pounds of unpaid tax from offshore bank accounts and has used the 2009 Budget to introduce the new “offshore disclosure opportunity” which will run until March 2010. It is an invitation to people with offshore accounts to disclose [...]
A government scheme designed to reduce the tax burden on British businesses has proved a success, helping over 60,000 firms deal with cash-flow problems. The Business Payment Support Service (BPSS), announced last November in the Chancellor’s Pre-Budget Report, provides a fast-track service for businesses who need more time to pay their tax bills. These businesses [...]
The extent of the slowdown in the UK housing market is amply illustrated by latest figures from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), which receives notification of all residential property transactions with a value of over £40,000. According to HMRC, a mere 59,000 residential properties changed hands in September. The figure is at its lowest since [...]
HM Revenue & Customs has reported that the number of homes sold in the UK fell to 62,000 in August, a 60% year-on-year decline. The figure sits alongside latest data from the British Bankers’ Association (BBA), which announced yesterday that mortgage approvals for house purchases fell to 21,086 in August, down 63% on August 2007 [...]
European equities markets were higher Tuesday as banks came back from big declines on Monday, helped by a statement from Societe Generale’s (Euronext: GLE) CEO that his bank is healthy. The FTSE 100 was up 0.87 percent to 5,174.25 in London, while the FTSE 250 added 0.27 percent to 10,011, with banks the best performers [...]
Rics: Housing market remains in the doldrums
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has today reported that the UK housing market remained weak in August with house prices falling further. According to the Institution, homeowners remain reluctant to put their properties up for sale, while buyers continue to struggle to secure a mortgage and remain uncertain about the economic climate. The [...]
CML: Mortgage lending edges higher in July
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has reported the number of loans for house purchase rose in July. According to the Council, there were 48,400 loans advanced for house purchase in the month – up by 1,000 from June’s figure but almost 7,000 lower when compared with July 2010. Commenting on today’s figures, Paul Smee, [...]
UK inflation edges higher in August
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) today announced Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) rose to annual rate of 4.5% last month from July’s rate of 4.4%. However, the figure was in line with analysts’ expectations. Higher inflation continues to be led by rising food costs but the main reason behind last month’s rise was a 5.1% [...]
Fresnillo down on silver prices
European equities markets were lower Monday on the possibility that Greece could default soon and on speculation that Moody’s Investors Service could cut its rating on several big banks with holdings tied to Greece. The FTSE 100 was down 1.63 percent to 5,129.62 in London, while the FTSE 250 dropped 1.65 percent to 9,983.75 as [...]
IFS warns of tough times for UK households
A report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned that households will be squeezed for the next decade as they suffer from the harsh spending cuts introduced by the Government. It said households are suffering one of the worst attacks on their finances since the Second World War and that the impact of [...]
ICB final report recommends ring-fencing
The Independent Commission on Banking’s (ICB) final report has been published today and is recommending that UK banks should ring-fence their retail banking operations. According to the report, ring-fencing would protect banks from riskier investment banking divisions and would “make it easier and less costly to resolve banks that get into trouble”. The ICB, which [...]
Tullow Oil leads 100 in London
European equities markets were significantly lower Friday on an increased possibility that Greece could default on its debt as soon as this weekend, raising the concern level over the European region’s debt problems and ratcheting up worries that the economic recovery is faltering. Additionally, markets reacted to the resignation of European Central Bank board member [...]
SMMT: UK car sales rise in August
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) have revealed UK car sales saw their first rise in 14 months in August. According to the trade body, car sales rose by 7.3% in August compared with the same month in 2010, with sales of smaller cars rising by more than 30%. The Ford Fiesta remained [...]
Factory gate inflation higher than expected in August
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today revealed UK producer output prices held steady in August – remaining at the highest annual rate since October 2008. According to the ONS, output prices (factory gate) annual inflation for all manufactured products held steady at July’s upwardly revised reading of 6.1% in August. The figures were [...]
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