Kylie’s favourite luxe eco-mobile May 17, 2011 The Lexus CT200h will probably be familiar to you whether you’re a Kylie fan or not. It’s the hybrid car she’s been driving since February – on TV at least – and it’s the smallest car that Lexus has made. Lexus is the Japanese answer to BMW or Audi and it has stolen a march [...]
PROPERTY NEWS March 31, 2011 PYRENEES SECOND HOMES PRICES SET TO SOAR A new flight path from London City to Pau, France is getting property agents excited. Andrew Hawkins of Chesterton Humberts says: “This will make the already popular area more accessible, making it more attractive for buyers.” Prices there are currently lower than Provence and the Cote D’Azur, so [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING May 19, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES MOVE TO QUASH HERMÈS’ POISON PILL Minority shareholders in Hermès have sought to quash the luxury goods group’s poison pill defences devised by its controlling family, potentially bolstering LVMH’s protracted takeover push for its smaller rival. CHINESE SET A NEW STANDARD IN BUYING GOLD China overtook India to become the largest market for [...]
SELLING March 3, 2011 MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL LONDON ESTATE AGENCY, KAY & CO Q.I am looking to upsize but want to make sure I’ve found something else to buy before I put my property on the market. What do you advise? A.At present the prime central London market lacks fluidity and it is very difficult to tie in [...]
SELLING March 3, 2011 MANAGING DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL LONDON ESTATE AGENCY, KAY & CO Q.I am looking to upsize but want to make sure I’ve found something else to buy before I put my property on the market. What do you advise? A.At present the prime central London market lacks fluidity and it is very difficult to tie in [...]
SELLING March 31, 2011 Martin Bikhit MANAGING DIRECTOR OF PRIME CENTRAL LONDON ESTATE AGENCY KAY & CO. Q. I have had three agents value my home. Two were around the same level but one was much higher. What shall I do? A. It is always very tempting to go for the highest valuation. However, it might not be the [...]
First-time buyers benefit from falling deposits February 2, 2010 FIRST time buyers have been given a boost after new figures showed that the availability of mortgages is on the rise. The number of deals is up 20 per cent compared to the start of the year, according to financial information service Moneyfacts. The increased has been driven by the thawing of the mortgage market [...]
CITY VIEWS: WHAT SHOULD BE IN THE BUDGET? March 22, 2011 PHILIP RADLEY | GUARANTEES AND BONDS “Well, for a start, we really need to cut government spending. Hopefully the budget will be less than disastrous, because at the moment taxes are up, petrol is increasing, and with inflation it seems that the price of everything is rising.” MATT BYNORTH | COOPER GAY “As a potential [...]
Bovis doubles profit on land grab policy March 14, 2011 HOUSEBUILDER Bovis Homes yesterday said its 2010 profit more than doubled and that it had made an encouraging start to 2011. Bovis reported a pre-tax profit last year of £18.5m, compared with £7.5m the year before. The company had been expected to post a profit of £18.54m, according to a poll of analysts. Chief executive [...]
Bovis doubles profit on land grab policy March 14, 2011 HOUSEBUILDER Bovis Homes yesterday said its 2010 profit more than doubled and that it had made an encouraging start to 2011. Bovis reported a pre-tax profit last year of £18.5m, compared with £7.5m the year before. The company had been expected to post a profit of £18.54m, according to a poll of analysts. Chief executive [...]