According to The Times, the Land Registry is to axe a further 800 jobs, on top of the 1,500 job losses it announced last October. The Registry, which has 20 offices across the country and covers England and Wales and records and guarantees the ownership of domestic and commercial property, said staff would fall further [...]
Land Registry data for November show the average house price in England and Wales rising for the sixth consecutive month, to £161,554. The value of a typical home increased 0.9%, taking the annual decline to just 0.3%, or £8,800 above its April nadir. Wales experienced the greatest monthly rise with a positive movement of 2.9%. [...]
Land Registry figures shows house prices in England and Wales rising 0.6% in October 2009, compared to a month earlier. The average value of a home increased for the fifth successive month, to £159,546, with the annual decline falling back to minus 3.4%. The North West of England saw the biggest monthly gain, at 1.9%, [...]
The Land Registry has today reported a rise in house prices in England and Wales in September. According to the Registry, house prices rose by 0.9% in September compared with August putting the average cost of a home at £158,377. It must be noted that the Land Registry compiles its data from completed transactions and [...]
According to The Times, the Land Registry is today set to announce plans to close 25% of its national offices, which will result in 1,500 job losses. The Registry, which has 20 offices across the country, covers England and Wales and records and guarantees the ownership of domestic and commercial property. The organisation enables anyone [...]
New figures from the Land Registry show house prices in England and Wales remaining largely flat in August with an average 0.1% fall across the regions, when compared to July. The news follows a rally in July when prices put on an average 1.7%, compared with June, marking the biggest monthly increase since July 2004. [...]
Official figures show house prices in England and Wales rising by 1.7% in July, compared with June, marking the biggest monthly increase since July 2004. According to Land Registry data all regions recorded a monthly rise in values, nudging the average cost of a home up to £155,885 (from £153,046 in June) and easing the [...]
In presenting its 2008/09 annual report, the Land Registry describes its core businesses as having “collapsed” as the property downturn deepened. The service’s work registering new homes in England and Wales plummeted by 75% compared to a year earlier and total applications handled in the year to the end of March fell to 26.7 million, [...]
Monthly figures from the Land Registry show house prices in England and Wales rising in June, for the first time since January 2008. The average cost of a home jumped 0.1% compared with May, to £153,046. However, the increase leaves prices 14% lower than a year earlier and the Registry cautions that the size of [...]
The Land Registry, which records and guarantees the title of property in England and Wales, has increased certain of its fees from today, 6th July. The Government body needs the additional revenue to help reduce operating losses caused by the collapse of the UK housing market. The increases mean that the fee for registering a [...]
Latest figures from the Land Registry show house prices in England and Wales declining by 0.2% in May, with the average property worth £152,497. While the monthly change remained negative, the rate of fall eased from 0.3% in April and the annual rate of decline fell back to 15.9% compared with 16.2% in April. In [...]
House prices in England and Wales fell 0.3% in April, according to Land Registry data. The shift left the annual rate of decline steady from March at 16.2% and the average cost of a home at £152,898 or £29,659 less than a year earlier. The North East saw the most significant price fall during the [...]
A victim of the housing market downturn, the Land Registry is increasing its registration fees for properties in England and Wales. From 6th July the cost of registering an average first-time buyer property worth £100,000 will rise from £100 to £130. The fee for a home worth £150,000 is increasing from £150 to £200, while [...]
Official figures from the Land Registry show house prices in England and Wales falling a further 2% during February, taking the annual rate of decline to 16.5% and marking 18 consecutive months of sliding values. According to the data, the average price of a house now stands at £153,862, a level last seen in September [...]
The Land Registry has become the latest contributor to depressing statistics on the UK housing market. The body, which reports one month behind other house price commentators, calculates that in January house prices in England and Wales were 15.1% lower than a year earlier. The average value of a home fell 0.8% on December, marking [...]
The Land Registry has reported that house prices in England and Wales fell by 13.5% in 2008, with the average value of a home dipping a further 2% in December, to £158,846. By way of comparison, yesterday Nationwide reported an annual decline of 15.9% in December. According to the Registry, Wales was the only region [...]
The official record of the collapse of the housing market in England and Wales has been updated by latest figures from the Land Registry. In November, the Registry noted a 1.9% fall in the average cost of a home, taking the annual decline to 12.2%. The pace of decline accelerated in October when prices fell [...]
Latest figures from the Land Registry show house prices in England and Wales falling by an annual 10.1%, in October. The average value of a home declined 1.5% during the month, to £165,529, a figure last seen in mid-2006. The Registry compiles its data from completed transactions and therefore lags behind other monitors of the [...]
The Land Registry has published house price data for September, showing the cost of the average home down 2.2% (£5,700) during the month, to £168,814. The decline means that house prices in England and Wales have fallen 8% over the year, although the rate of decline accelerated last month, from 4.6% in August. Wales saw [...]
The Land Registry has published its house price index for August, showing a 4.6% annual fall in the average cost of a home, to £174,439. The monthly decline stood at 1.9%, which compares with a monthly fall of 0.6% in July. The average house price in England and Wales has now returned to the level [...]
M&S Money launches 3% cash ISA
M&S Money has launched an Advantage Cash ISA paying 3 per cent, and which allows transfers in from other ISAs. It can be opened with a minimum deposit of £100 lump sum followed by minimum monthly deposits of £25. The 3% rate is variable, but there is no short-term bonus so the return won’t plummet [...]
Google suspends UK Compare Mortgages site
Google has closed its UK mortgage comparison site which it launched in July last year, after it proved to be less popular than expected. Mortgage comparison sites are designed to allow visitors to compare mortgages quickly and easily without having to visit each lender’s individual site. Google was competing with several well-established comparison sites, including [...]
AA launches ‘black-box’ policy for young drivers
The AA is launching an innovative car insurance policy called Drivesafe which could help younger drivers save up to £850 a year. Younger drivers already pay substantially higher premiums than other motorists and these costs are increasing. A new study by Confused.com suggests insurance costs for younger driver have gone up by 5.7 per cent [...]
ATOL scheme updated to protect online bookers
ATOL, a financial protection scheme managed by the Civil Aviation Authority, is being extended to protect up to six million more holidays a year. The scheme ensures that holiday makers do not lose out financially if a travel company collapses, and that they are not stranded abroad. An increase in the number of holidays booked [...]
Home repossessions lowest for four years
The number of UK homes repossessed fell to 36,200 in 2011, significantly below the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ forecast of 40,000, and lower than 2010 when 37,100 homes were repossessed. With interest rates remaining low and lenders adopting a sympathetic attitude to customers in financial difficulty, repossessions fell to their lowest level since 2007. However, [...]
Monthly pay lasting just 17 days
Workers are running out of money just 17 days after receiving their monthly pay, according to new research by the Halifax bank. This means that the average UK worker spends half the month worrying about money. The study, based on the responses of more than 2,000 adults, found that 10 per cent of workers start [...]
Women disadvantaged by auto-enrolment changes
Government proposals to increase the auto-enrolment threshold to £10,000 could put 1.8 million women at risk of missing out on a pension, the TUC has warned. Under the auto-enrolment scheme, which will be phased in from October, private sector employers will automatically enrol workers between the age of 22 years and the state pension age, [...]
Emergency household repairs company Homeserve is taking longer than expected to get back on track after its operations were suspended last October. The company expected customer numbers to fall by 5% this year but it has increased this estimate to 8% and announced the loss of 200 jobs. It estimates that renewal revenue in 2013 [...]
Sale rumoured for Yorkshire and Clydesdale banks
There is growing speculation that National Australia Bank (NAB) may sell Yorkshire Bank and Clydesdale Bank after the Australian parent company announced a strategic review of the two banks’ operations. The Australian economy is performing well and NAB reported strong profits for the final quarter of 2011 but with the UK economy at a virtual [...]
More women experiencing debt difficulties
Women in Debt, which offers female-focused debt advice, has warned that the number of UK women facing serious debt has grown significantly over recent years. The organisation believes that more women will need advice on solving debt problems in the future because they are building up an unsustainable level of indebtedness. Women in Debt’s director, [...]
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