Taylor Wimpey, which was formed by the merger of Taylor Woodrow and George Wimpey, today said it had returned to profitability but remains cautious. The housebuilder, which is the country’s third largest by value, said pre-tax profit before exceptional items came in at £75.1 million for the 2010 year – against a loss of £96.1 [...]
Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey today said it had experienced a homebuyer slowdown, as a result of the Government’s spending cuts, which has deterred potential buyers. Its comments echo those of Persimmon who yesterday said there was little evidence of the traditional autumn period which usually sees families flock to new housing developments as the school summer [...]
Taylor Wimpey has reported “relatively robust” UK housing market conditions over the first half of 2010, having achieved 4,804 legal completions, up slightly from 4,702 a year earlier. The group sold 3,925 homes to private buyers and 866 to affordable housing providers, with the remainder joint ventures. Encouragingly, the developer’s cancellation rate scaled back to [...]
Housebuilder, Taylor Wimpey, has declared that the underlying shortfall of new build housing and strong levels of demand will continue to underpin UK house prices. The developer is wary of the “ongoing political and economic uncertainty” and warns that a shortage of building land will “artificially constrain” the recovery in new house building, in the [...]
Taylor Wimpey describes UK housing market conditions as “encouraging” since the start of the year, with continued gradual improvements in mortgage availability and buyer confidence. Britain’s second-biggest house builder estimates that it has achieved 99% of its half-year sales targets and 74% for the full year. Private sales volumes remain in line with a year [...]
Taylor Wimpey has described UK housing market conditions as “significantly better” than a year ago. In a trading update covering 1st July to 4th November, the group said a gradual improvement in mortgage availability and a recent increase in housing starts was contributing to positive sentiment. The firm has not experience the usual seasonal slowdown [...]
Taylor Wimpey claims to have the “perfect solution” for would-be homemovers who are excluded from the best mortgage deals because of they have too small a deposit. According to the developer, 49% of homeowners are in need of more space and many are being forced to put their next move on hold. Taylor Wimpey has [...]
Taylor Wimpey is the latest housebuilder to reveal the full extent of the downturn in the UK property market. The company has revealed that its order book for the first 44 weeks of 2008 fell by around 40%, to 6,607. The figure compares with 11,074 over the same period of 2007. During the six months [...]
Cable, internet and phone company, Virgin Media, has announced today it is cutting 2,200 jobs from its 14,600 workforce. The job losses, which represent 15% of its workforce, are part of major restructure and will save up to £120 million ($186.4 million) over the next 4 years. Sources close to the company insist that the [...]
Taylor Wimpey, the UK’s biggest housebuilder, has reported a catastrophic slide in sales during the first half of the year. Sales of the group’s homes fell nearly 31%, to 8,494, during the six month to the end of June. According to a report in The Times, the level of sales equates to half-a-house per week [...]
Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has announced that it has failed to secure £500 million from shareholders in a bid to shore up its balance sheet. Following the news today, shares in the company plummeted 46% to 32.25p. The company, which was formed by the merger of Taylor Woodrow and George Wimpey last July, said that if [...]
Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey is close to receiving a huge cash injection in a bid to shore up its balance sheet. The rescue is being co-ordinated by investment bank UBS, and JP Morgan Cazenove. The agreement, which is believed to raise as much as £500 million could be reached by Wednesday, at which time a trading [...]
The UK’s mortgage famine has led Taylor Wimpey to warn of difficult times ahead for the house building group. In a trading update, the company reported that since January, its order book for new homes has declined 26% in value compared with the same period of 2007. In a previous update last month, a 20% [...]
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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