England housing stock increases but housebuilders still fall short of target November 15, 2018 The number of new homes completed in England in the last year reached its highest level in a decade, but growth has plummeted as Brexit uncertainties take hold. Just over 222,000 more homes were added to England’s housing stock in 2017-2018, according to figures released today by the minister of housing, communities and local government (MHCLG). [...]
Chancellor Philip Hammond’s Autumn Budget contained tricks and treats for your personal finances October 31, 2018 The move of this year’s Autumn Budget to Monday this week rather than its traditional Wednesday slot was ostensibly to give MPs more time to debate the chancellor’s proposals before the House of Commons rises for recess on 6 November. But presumably Philip Hammond also hoped to avoid some Halloween-themed headlines, which he himself alluded to [...]
Revealed: London’s 40 first-time buyer hotspots February 9, 2017 Looking for a place to call your own in the capital is tough if you're a first-time buyer – although house price growth is lower, most places are still out of reach. But new research has listed the 40 areas in London where first-time buyers are still thriving, with prices in some of the most [...]
FTSE 250 housebuilder Redrow boosts profits but calls for Brexit clarity September 4, 2018 Housebuilder Redrow called for clarity over Brexit and the government’s Help to Buy scheme today to improve the health of the UK housing market, as it reported its full-year results. The figures Despite the deflating nature of the UK housing market, the FTSE 250 firm managed to buck the trend, posting a 16 per cent [...]
Markets live: Nasdaq hits record intraday high as FTSE 100 rallies on recovery hopes July 6, 2020 The FTSE 100 and US stock markets rose sharply today as investors cheered the prospect of more stimulus for the UK economy and followed the lead of Asian markets. London’s index of blue-chip companies was 1.87 per cent higher this afternoon at 6,2572.5 points. The FTSE 250 index of slightly smaller firms rose 1.27 per [...]
Profits bounce back at Galliford Try but bypass woes loom September 12, 2018 Galliford Try’s profits soared 145 per cent in the last 12 months, in a sign that the construction group is recovering from a series of setbacks it suffered earlier in the year. Pre-tax profits jumped from £58.7m to £143.7m in the year leading up to the end of June 2018, pushing Galliford’s share price up [...]
Crypto AM shines its Spotlight on UCROWDME October 5, 2020 Fusing together $25 billion dollar industries within the innovation and consumer insights space could well be what global consumers and businesses really need and demand, says Greg Griffiths identifying what our team sees as ‘a huge gap in the market that impacts global progression’. It was back in early 2014 that the raw concept for [...]
Houseplants are all the rage, but are they are millennial cry for help? We speak to the companies cultivating this urban jungle March 5, 2019 Millennials have been accused of killing almost every industry there is, but there may be one that 25-35 year olds are actually propping up. Houseplants are taking off like an avocado tied to a racing drone among Generation Rent, prompting investigations by such serious organs as The Washington Post and New York’s Nylon magazine, in [...]
Why the cheapest mortgage deal isn’t necessarily the right one January 9, 2019 The Financial Conduct Authority’s report into the mortgage market found that around 30 per cent of borrowers were unable to see that they were eligible for a cheaper deal. On average, these consumers paid around £550 per year more over the introductory period compared to the cheaper product. But this poses a question: is the cheapest [...]
Property market to become ‘flooded’ as 380,000 landlords look to sell-up May 20, 2018 Experts have predicted that the property market could be flooded by homes for first time buyers as 380,000 buy-to-let landlords are looking to offload their property in the next year. A survey conducted by the National Landlords Association (NLA) said that around a fifth of the UK’s landlords were looking to sell, and that nearly [...]