Marshalls’ shares plummet as firm warns of slowdown in sales October 7, 2022 Shares in building materials manufacturer Marshalls fell almost 20 per cent today after the firm warned of a slowdown in sales due to faltering demand. The West Yorkshire firm said its outturn will be “slightly below the bottom end of the current range of market expectations” as its sales start to slow. The warning comes [...]
Kwarteng’s ‘mini budget’ sends mortgage bills soaring £1,500 October 4, 2022 The government’s mini budget has sent the average mortgage borrower’s bill soaring by £1,500 a year, new figures have shown, in a hike that has been dubbed a ‘Kwarteng premium’ by some brokers.
Labour accused of ‘demonising landlords’ and saying ‘rent is optional’ with new charter September 26, 2022 Labour has been accused of “demonising all landlords” with proposals set to be unveiled today for the private rented sector. Keir Starmer’s party is due to announce a series of pledges today according to the Mirror, with shadow communities, levelling up and housing secretary Lisa Nandy making a speech at its annual conference this afternoon. [...]
Stamp duty cut set to boost property market as analyst ‘highly sceptical’ of demand-side push September 26, 2022 Cuts to stamp duty are set to give the UK property market a boost of more than 25 per cent as thousands of Brits look to cash in. Research from Barrows and Forrester suggests – based on previous stamp duty holidays – that up to a million homes could be sold due to the cut. [...]
Ka-Ching! Brits pay instantly £1.65bn more in interest after today’s Bank of England rate hike September 22, 2022 With the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee confirming its base rate will rise by 0.5 per cent to 2.25 per cent, UK households face an immediate increase in interest payments of £1.65bn. Analysis of Bank of England data shows UK households are currently paying £20.25bn annually in interest payments on floating rate debt that are [...]
Home buyers warned cut in stamp duty will lead to big jump in monthly mortgage bills September 21, 2022 Home buyers could end up paying much bigger monthly mortgage bills if the government goes ahead and scraps or cuts stamp duties. Ahead of Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget on Friday, The Times reported that radical plans to cut stamp duty are in the pipeline as part of efforts to boost economic growth. Downing Street refused [...]
Liz Truss planning to cut stamp duty as ‘rabbit’ in mini-budget September 21, 2022 Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng are planning to cut stamp duty as the ‘rabbit’ in forthcoming mini-budget. Britain’s new prime minister will announce plans in a bid to spur growth in the UK economy. Reported in the Times, Truss and her new chancellor have been working on plans for over a month, before she was [...]
Buying in an up-and-coming property hotspot: These are Britain’s hottest housing markets September 18, 2022 Which areas of the UK property market look set to be the next up and coming hotspots for house price growth? Having largely trailed the pack during the pandemic market boom, new sector data was shared with City A.M. today. Since the start of the pandemic in January 2020, UK house prices have climbed by [...]
Older Brits benefit from £1bn-a-day windfall as over 55s sit on £4.4 trillion in property wealth September 18, 2022 Over 55s have benefited from £1bn worth of property growth every day between the start of the pandemic and June 2022. Analysis of statistics obtained via a request to the ONS shows the extent to which over 55s have managed to exploit the growth in property value since the start of the pandemic. The ONS [...]
1,000 fewer mortgage deals to pick from as hundreds of offers are pulled in just one month September 18, 2022 House hunters and other borrowers across borrowers have close to 1,000 fewer mortgage deals to choose from than they did a year ago, as more than 500 deals have simply vanished since last month. The number of available fixed and variable rate home loans has shrunk to 3,890 – marking the lowest level since April [...]