Property asking prices up March 21, 2011 Asking prices for houses in England and Wales are 0.9 percent higher than a year earlier, a monthly survey by property website Rightmove showed on Monday. March’s annual rate of growth in asking prices picked up from a reading of 0.3 per cent in February. The month-on-month rate of growth, which is subject to seasonal [...]
Asking prices soar for London homes April 17, 2011 ASKING prices for London homes surged to their highest ever level this month, a Rightmove index reveals today. Sellers’ prices spiked 1.6 per cent in April, to an eye-watering average of £431,013, the property website said. Across the UK as a whole, average asking prices stand at £235,822, after an even sharper rise (1.7 per [...]
Rightmove: October jump saves London from a year-on-year fall October 17, 2010 AN eleventh-hour price jump in the London housing market saved it from a year-on-year fall, according to the latest Rightmove House Price Index. Asking prices spiked five per cent in October compared to the previous month – from £399,019 to £418,778 – as sellers aim to capitalise on the traditionally lively run-in to Christmas. This [...]
Rightmove: October jump saves London from a year-on-year fall October 17, 2010 AN eleventh-hour price jump in the London housing market saved it from a year-on-year fall, according to the latest Rightmove House Price Index. Asking prices spiked five per cent in October compared to the previous month – from £399,019 to £418,778 – as sellers aim to capitalise on the traditionally lively run-in to Christmas. This [...]
Rush to avoid hike in stamp duty March 20, 2011 Millionaires in London are scrambling to snap up properties before the rise in stamp duty, according to the latest Rightmove house price index released today. Across the whole market in the capital, asking prices were down 1.5 per cent in March on the previous month – yet are still up 3.8 per across the quarter [...]
London set to defy UK house slump February 20, 2011 LONDON’S housing market is set to buck the national trend with the number of new sellers up by more than a fifth, the Rightmove house price index reveals today. Across the UK, annualised new seller numbers have remained “practically unchanged” so that sluggish transaction levels are “set to be the norm,” the survey said. “But [...]
Over half of tenants see rents rising March 6, 2011 OVER half British tenants expect rents to rise over the next 12 months, a Rightmove survey revealed today. The proportion of tenants expecting a hike (52.6 per cent) dwarfed the four per cent of respondents who expect rents to fall. At the end of 2010, only 41.7 per cent anticipated an increase in rents. Restricted [...]
Taking a punt on FTSE 250 companies April 3, 2011 THERE are tax, leverage and other advantages to using spread betting to get exposure to equities. For some investors, of course, these benefits may not offset the time and skill needed to negotiate the spread betting markets. However, some markets are easier than others to manage, with the FTSE 250 the best place to start. [...]
THE WEEK AHEAD in association with GFT April 17, 2011 COMPANY NEWS ● On Tuesday, RBS will hold its AGM. The Treasury, on behalf of British taxpayers, still owns the majority of its shares. ● Tesco will report on Tuesday. Every little helps. Fellow FTSE 100 companies Reed Elsevier and Hargreaves Lansdown will be posting first quarter and third quarter results respectively. It’s a busy [...]
House-sellers see flat prices January 30, 2011 MORE homeowners expect their house to lose value this year than in 2010, according to new figures published by property website Rightmove. Fewer than one in four people looking to sell their house think their property will rise in value this year, compared with more than half (53 per cent) in January 2010. Around a [...]