- Friday, January 29, 2010, 20:15
- Featured, Mortgages
House prices in England and Wales rose 0.1% in December, marking the 8th consecutive month of growth, according to the latest Land Registry Data. The average house price in now £161,783.
The Land Registry's flagship House Price Index also shows an annual price change of 2.5% - the first positive ...
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- Friday, January 29, 2010, 19:59
- Featured, Personal Finance
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has confirmed that it will require firms to publish information on how they handle complaints.
It is hoped that the data will help people see how firms are performing in this important area and to drive up complaints handling standards across the industry.
Firms that receive more than 500 complaints in a ...
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- Friday, January 29, 2010, 1:43
- Featured, Interest Rates, Mortgages
The National Association of Estate Agents International has revealed its predictions for the global
property market over the next 12 months.
Predicting a market hugely dependent on the strength of the sterling, the Association said:
1) "Purchasers will be looking for ‘less risky' investments and in particular towards the more stable markets such as France and ...
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- Friday, January 29, 2010, 1:26
- Personal Finance
According to new research from Sainsbury's Home Insurance, an estimated £1.3 billion worth of digital downloads have been amassed by UK consumers, yet almost three quarters of home insurance policies not covering digital purchases.
The study reveals that 36% of the adult population owns downloaded music and the average online music shopper now values their ...
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- Thursday, January 28, 2010, 1:45
- Mortgages
New research from Woolwich, the mortgage arm of Barclays, has revealed that
Homeowners in England and Wales saw a 20% drop in the proportion of their take-home pay spent on monthly mortgage repayments in 2009.
In December 2008, homeowners across England and Wales were spending on average ...
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- Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 22:00
- Household Finances, Mortgages
The National Landlords Association (NLA), the representative body for private-residential landlords in the UK, has today condemned today's Government announcement which will reduce the supply of shared housing.
In a statement, Housing and Planning Minister John Healey MP revealed plans which will require planning permission for new shared housing where three or ...
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