Easyjet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou launches conveyance comparison tool, Easyconveyance April 9, 2018 Easygroup, the parent company behind brands like Easyjet, is expanding further into the property sector by launching Easyconveyance, a new conveyance comparison tool. The online platform, which launched today, allows home buyers and sellers to compare conveyancing quotes online from over 200 conveyancing and property solicitors’ firms across the UK. The website also allows buyers [...]
Number of UK buy-to-let investors hits record 2.5m high April 9, 2018 The number of buy-to-let investors in the UK has hit an all-time high of 2.5m in the latest tax year. According to research from real estate agency Ludlow Thompson, the number of buy-to-let investors has increased five per cent in the last year, and 27 per cent over the last five years. The new research [...]
Five traders from Barclays and Deutsche Bank to appear in first Euribor-rigging trial tomorrow April 8, 2018 The first trial into manipulations of the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (Euribor) will kick off tomorrow as five former traders stand accused of manipulating the Brussels-based benchmark at the height of the financial crisis. Four former Barclays traders – Philippe Moryoussef, Carlo Palombo, Colin Bermingham and Sisse Bohart – and ex- Deutsche Bank trader Achim [...]
How to sell the home of a relative following a death in the family April 6, 2018 Selling a property after a death in the family can be difficult for many reasons. Whoever has been named executor of the deceased’s will is forced to sort through the home of someone who was very dear to them, whilst also dealing with the many complications that come with selling a property. To help simplify [...]
UK house prices: Over-50s hold 75 per cent of UK housing wealth, says Savills report April 4, 2018 Homeowners over 50 hold three-quarters of the country’s housing wealth, according to new research from global property adviser Savills. These older homeowners, who have benefited from years of strong housing price growth, now own 75 per cent of all equity, with a total value of £2.8 trillion. The analysis reveals the extent to which equity [...]
British Summer Time pioneer William Willett built Elsworthy House in Primrose Hill and it’s on sale for £15m March 25, 2018 You wouldn’t think it to step outside, but this Sunday is officially the start of British Summer Time. The clocks jump forward an hour on 25 March to give us all more time in the sun and it’s all down to the man who built this house in Primrose Hill. Elsworthy House, Primrose Hill, £15m [...]
Focus On Hackney: How the London Overground caused a price surge in E8 March 23, 2018 Though the area around Hackney Central is better known as hipster central, the property prices certainly don’t reflect the salaries of young, freelance creatives. The E8 postcode has seen some of the most dramatic house price rises in the whole of London, a trend that has survived the plateau-ing – and declines – of recent [...]
Focus On Hackney: How the London Overground caused a price surge in E8 March 23, 2018 Though the area around Hackney Central is better known as hipster central, the property prices certainly don’t reflect the salaries of young, freelance creatives. The E8 postcode has seen some of the most dramatic house price rises in the whole of London, a trend that has survived the plateau-ing – and declines – of recent [...]
First-time-buyers and government policies boost Crest Nicholson performance March 22, 2018 Investors in Crest Nicholson were cheered this morning as the company said that demand for new houses continues to be strong. Ahead of the group’s AGM today, it issued a statement saying that total forward sales contributing to the current financial year were up 15 per cent at £620m. It said: “Demand for new homes [...]
Blockchain group Plug has just raised $65m to develop its framework March 20, 2018 An international blockchain group has secured $65m (£46m) in investment to continue developing its framework of distributed ledger technology. The company, PL^G, or Plug, is a collaboration between London-based blockchain specialists Qadre, New Zealand-based venture studio, Centrality, and Switzerland-based blockchain media house, SingularDTV. It seeks to build scalable and secure blockchain applications that operate in [...]