UK house prices: First-time home buyers priced out of market July 2, 2015 Annual house price growth has slowed to a two-year low, according to a major mortgage provider. But months of fast growth has left first-time buyers struggling to put deposits together, despite government programmes to help them. House prices were 3.3 per cent higher in June than in the same month last year, Nationwide said. It [...]
London house prices: Capital is the hardest place in the UK for local workers to get on the property ladder February 22, 2016 The difficulty of getting onto the property ladder has increased dramatically for London workers over last two decades, new research reveals this morning. Estate agent Hamptons International said that calculations based on income after taxes, essentials and mortgage payments showed it was significantly harder to buy in the capital than in any other region of the [...]
The NASDAQ of advertising: Reprogramming programmatic with Infectious Media January 30, 2017 About 10 years ago, programmatic advertising was but a twinkle in the eye of some Silicon Valley bods, determined to bring about a sea change to digital advertising transactions. They were unaware, perhaps, of the flood that opening this sluice would bring to AdLand, nor the landscape that would remain when the new tide washed [...]
First-time buyer sales up by 22 per cent last year January 6, 2015 HOUSE sales to first-time buyers rose by 22 per cent last year with 326,500 taking their first steps onto the property ladder. The rise in new buyers means sales at this end of the market are back to 2007 levels, at the start of the financial crisis. The figures, published by lender Halifax, show that [...]
Focus On Maida Vale: Why financiers and celebrities flock to the birthplace of the London mansion block December 5, 2016 The London mansion block has never been so popular, yet there are only a finite number in existence. While many luxury property developers are seeking to reinvent them for the 21st century for a tidy profit, the birthplace of the original – the real white-stuccoed deal – is still Maida Vale in north west London. [...]
Is the Football League due a TV rights revolution? Why Derby County are leading the cross-divisional rebellion March 2, 2017 The Premier League’s £8bn television deal has not only ushered in a new era of profitability for top clubs – it has also convinced a growing number of teams from lower divisions that it is time to negotiate their own game-changing broadcast contract. Led by Derby County chairman and owner Mel Morris, some of the biggest [...]
UK house prices: The number of homes on the market has halved in the past 10 years, say estate agents January 27, 2016 Attention househunters: it's about to get rough out there. The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has said the number of homes available to buyers fell to 37 per estate agent branch in December, the lowest figure for 2015 – and half the number available at the same time in December 2005. The figures also showed the [...]
Dimitri Payet has given West Ham a custard pie – and the biggest problem is in the timing January 17, 2017 Long before he told the club he no longer wanted to play for them earlier this month, Dimitri Payet had already given West Ham supporters good reason to be disgruntled with his behaviour. Payet, an instant fan favourite in his dazzling first season in east London, has failed to live up to those standards this [...]
Bentley Mulsanne Speed review: This rolling fortress is like a luxury flat on wheels March 13, 2017 There’s an old saying that Bentleys were made to be driven and Rolls-Royces were made to be driven in. That hasn’t really been the case since Bentley was taken over by Volkswagen Group and Rolls-Royce by BMW – you can now buy wafty Bentleys and sporting Rolls-Royces – but even so, you’d expect a Bentley [...]
Focus On Kensal Rise: This north west London town ticks all the boxes for a place that’s due a price rise March 10, 2017 How can you tell if a place is about to get seriously popular? Well, there are a few signs that you can look out for; plenty of Victorian architecture; well-to-do neighbours; improving schools; green space; and a sudden proliferation of independent shops and restaurants. Kensal Rise in north west London ticks all of these boxes [...]