BUY January 5, 2012 DIRECTOR, DOUGLAS & GORDON Q. Thinking prices would be going down last year I signed a one year rental. Values seem to be going up, should I buy or stay renting? A. It’s easy to stay in a rental if values are falling but if, like in London, they’re still going up, it’s difficult to [...]
US stocks reverse three day decline March 7, 2012 U S stocks broke a three-day losing streak yesterday, recovering some recent losses after a report showed the US private sector added more jobs than expected last month. After suffering their worst decline in three months on Tuesday, stocks received an early lift after payroll processor ADP said US private employers picked up the pace [...]
Bovis forecasts growth in 2012 January 16, 2012 British housebuilder Bovis Homes said it expected to achieve a significant increase in profit in 2012, benefiting from forward bookings rising by more than a third, following strong earnings growth in 2011. The company said it expects to report overall completions up 8 percent to 2,045 homes in 2011, with private legal completions up 18 [...]
Bovis forecasts growth in 2012 January 16, 2012 British housebuilder Bovis Homes said it expected to achieve a significant increase in profit in 2012, benefiting from forward bookings rising by more than a third, following strong earnings growth in 2011. The company said it expects to report overall completions up 8 percent to 2,045 homes in 2011, with private legal completions up 18 [...]
An incompetent government hit by a Spring of Discontent March 29, 2012 WHAT a shambles. The police and fire services are shutting petrol stations to prevent riots in parts of the country; Stansted’s baggage controllers are striking over Easter; Britain’s nuclear energy programme is in chaos after E.ON and Npower ditched plans to build new reactors, fuelling fears the lights could go out in a decade’s time; [...]
Educating your kids requires a plan January 15, 2012 TONY Blair said “education, education, education”, while Abba said “Money, money money”. It’s still hard to get the best of the former without a pile of the latter. Many parents are faced with massive dilemmas due to the spiralling costs of giving their children what they believe to be the best start in life. For [...]
Educating your kids requires a plan January 15, 2012 TONY Blair said “education, education, education”, while Abba said “Money, money money”. It’s still hard to get the best of the former without a pile of the latter. Many parents are faced with massive dilemmas due to the spiralling costs of giving their children what they believe to be the best start in life. For [...]
Rating blow must act as wake-up call March 14, 2012 FIRST it was Moody’s, now it is Fitch’s turn. Ahead of next week’s Budget, the decision by the credit rating agency to put the UK on negative credit watch last night is another blow to George Osborne, the chancellor, who had made retaining Britain’s AAA-rating a key priority. Fitch’s decision puts the chance of a [...]
Home owners borrow less in weak market January 4, 2012 MORTGAGE approvals rose slightly in November, according to figures out yesterday from the Bank of England, though remortgaging levels plummeted and loans for new homes increased at a very low rate. Lending to businesses also declined in November, the Bank revealed, with small firms in particular finding debt more expensive. New loans rose to 52,854 [...]
Home owners borrow less in weak market January 4, 2012 MORTGAGE approvals rose slightly in November, according to figures out yesterday from the Bank of England, though remortgaging levels plummeted and loans for new homes increased at a very low rate. Lending to businesses also declined in November, the Bank revealed, with small firms in particular finding debt more expensive. New loans rose to 52,854 [...]