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 [...]
The British Bankers’ Association (BBA) has today revealed a slight rise in the number of new mortgages approved by the major banks in February. According to the BBA, the number of new mortgages approved in the month stood at 29,923 – marginally better than January’s level of 29,159, albeit lower than economists forecast of 29,350. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has today revealed property transactions slumped to an 8-year low in December. The severe wintry weather and the traditional slow Christmas period led to sales falling to their lowest level since January 2003. According to the Association, the average estate agent branch sold four properties in December 2010. [...]
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 [...]
The British Bankers’ Association (BBA) has today revealed a further fall in the number of new mortgages approved by the major banks in September. Mortgage lending slumped to its lowest level in a decade in September, while mortgage approvals dived to an 18-month low, said the BBA. Net mortgage lending by the major banks totalled [...]
Latest figures from HM Revenue & Customs show house sales across the UK falling to 78,000 in September, compared with 82,000 in August. Completed transactions on homes worth over £40,000 fell for the second consecutive month, with the total also down slightly on a year earlier, marking the first annual decline recorded by HMRC in [...]
The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has today revealed gross mortgage lending totalled £12 billion in September - the lowest September total since the year 2000. According to the CML, gross mortgage lending fell 1% on the month and was 7% lower than in September 2009. The latest figures highlight the ongoing sluggishness of the [...]
New figures from HM Revenue & Customs show house sales rising to 72,000 in March, with the total increasing by 13,000 (22%) on February, the BBC has reported. With January’s end to the stamp duty holiday still making its mark, March sales were still dwarfed by the 103,000 completions in December. However, compared with a [...]
UK house prices rose by 0.7% in March, compared with a month earlier, according to Nationwide. The increase almost reverses the 0.8% month-on-month fall recorded in February and takes the average cost of a home to £164,519, or 9% more than a year ago. However, the three-month-on-three-month rate of inflation edged down to 1.6% in [...]
UK house sales rose in February, according to HM Revenue & Customs. The month saw 58,000 transactions completed on properties worth over £40,000, up 14% from January. The total fell well below December’s tally of 103,000, when sales activity clustered as the end of the stamp duty holiday loomed, but showed a significant improvement on [...]
Agency Express has reported a surge in house sales between January and February, with three regions reporting their highest monthly sales since the market peak in 2007. According to the firm, which claims to be the UK’s largest “For Sale” board management contractor, every region except Central England saw substantial month-on-month increases, with star performers [...]
Property Portfolio Rescue (PPR) has published its latest UK distress index, showing a surge in the number of distressed home sellers in major cities in the Midlands and the North. In the three months to the end of September, the index rose by 60% in these regions, compared with the same period of 2008. According [...]
Figures from HM Revenue & Customs show UK house sales falling back slightly in August, with volumes registering their first decline for a year. Transactions for properties worth over £40,000 stood at 83,000 for the month, compared with 87,000 in July. However, the August figure was 19% up on a year earlier and more than [...]
The Federal Reserve has kept interest rates unchanged at the range of between zero and 0.25%. The Fed acknowledged that even though energy and commodity prices have recently risen, inflation will remain “subdued for some time”. Furthermore, the Fed suggested that the pace of economic contraction is slowing but the economy will remain weak. The [...]
Latest figures from HM Revenue and Customs show completed housing transactions rising to 60,000 in March, up from 43,000 in February. News of the 40% increase adds to other recent evidence that the UK housing market is on the road to recovery and while house sales traditionally rise in March, when the figures are seasonally [...]
Housebuilder, Redrow, reported a 58% fall in revenues in the second half of 2008 leaving the company facing a pre-tax loss of £46.2 million, compared with a profit of £35.8 million in the same period of 2007. Falling sales and lower selling prices were to blame; during the second half of last year, the company [...]
Redrow is the latest UK housebuilder to report a sharp fall in sales during the second half of 2008. The group sold 853 homes in the six months to the end of December, compared with 1,657 during the same period of 2007. The average price of a Redrow property fell to £140,000 declining from £162,700 [...]
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has published the findings of its latest survey, showing that house sales have fallen to their lowest level since records began in 1978. In the three months to the end of September, estate agents sold an average of 11.5 properties, taking the average weekly level of transactions down [...]
European equities markets were higher Wednesday as investors speculated that China might buy European bonds even though China’s premier said that nations with debt problems should not expect to be rescued. The FTSE 100 was up 1.02 percent to 5,227.02 in London, while the FTSE 250 added 0.97 percent to 10,107.9. Clothing retailer Next (LSE: [...]
Britons duped into buying “shoe-box” homes
Britons are being duped into buying new homes that are too small to live in comfortably, with house builders and estate agents demonstrating a distinct “lack of transparency” over floor space. According to research from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), thousands of brand new homes are failing to provide the space families need, [...]
UK unemployment up to 2.51 million
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has today revealed UK unemployment rose sharply in the three months to July – the biggest rise in almost two years. The ONS said unemployment rose by 80,000 in the three month period to 2.51 million – far higher than the 70,000 expected by economists. The latest figures take [...]
John Lewis reports challenging trading environment
The John Lewis Partnership, which is regarded as a barometer of British retailing, has reported a marginal increase in sales and said trading conditions are “extremely challenging”. The renowned employee-owned chain, which owns the Waitrose supermarket chain, said sales rose 1% on a like-for-like basis in the six month period to 30 July. However, across [...]
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 [...]
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