Asking prices back on the up as 2013 rolls in January 20, 2013 A BUOYANT London housing market led UK asking prices back into growth in January, data revealed this morning. London’s homeowners added 3.6 per cent onto their asking prices during January, Rightmove said, capping off a healthy 9.6 per cent – or £16,492 – increase over the year. This robust activity in the capital drove the [...]
Asking prices back on the up as 2013 rolls in January 20, 2013 A BUOYANT London housing market led UK asking prices back into growth in January, data revealed this morning. London’s homeowners added 3.6 per cent onto their asking prices during January, Rightmove said, capping off a healthy 9.6 per cent – or £16,492 – increase over the year. This robust activity in the capital drove the [...]
London house prices up 1.2pc over February February 17, 2013 A SMALLER than usual February bump failed to put a dent in the rapid pace of London house price growth, according to data out yesterday. London’s asking prices grew at 1.2 per cent in the second month of 2013, Rightmove said this morning, the slowest growth seen since 2009 in the usually strong month. But [...]
UK share boost is tempered by Italian election February 25, 2013 LONDON REPORT UK shares shed all of their early gains yesterday as projected Italian election results suggested a clear-cut winner was unlikely to emerge, diminishing the prospects for a stable government. Early exit polls suggesting a healthy lead for a centre-left coalition led by Pier Luigi Bersani in both houses of parliament were confounded by [...]
UK house prices enjoy December rise January 7, 2013 UK house prices enjoyed a last-minute boost to 2012 and rose by 1.3 per cent in December, according to Halifax’s house price index out this morning. On an annual basis, house values edged down by 0.3 per cent over the year, the lender said. Overall, there were six monthly rises and six decreases during 2012. [...]
UK firms set for busy week of trading reports January 27, 2013 THE UK’s corporate calendar is packed this week as many of Britain’s biggest companies deliver their results before the month’s end. Both AstraZeneca and Royal Dutch Shell are set to give full-year results on Thursday, while British Sky Broadcasting, Haynes Publishing and Rank Group will give interim reports. Trading announcements are also expected that day [...]
Anti-trust body to rule on audit work this week February 18, 2013 THE Big Four accounting firms will learn this week whether the UK Competition Commission plans to shake up the industry to give smaller challengers a better shot at winning audit work. KPMG, PwC, Ernst & Young and Deloitte, which together audit all but a handful of Britain’s biggest firms, have told the commission that the [...]
House prices rise by 3 per cent in 2012 despite flat December January 10, 2013 HOUSE PRICES were flat in December, but rose overall in 2012, according to data published today. Despite the lack of change between November and December, the average house price was 3.2 per cent higher last month than a year before, according to the LSL house price index. The rise adds £7,000 to the average property’s [...]
Crest Nicholson rejoins market with £107m lift February 18, 2013 CREST Nicholson kicked off its first official day of trading on the London Stock Exchange yesterday after the housebuilder last week completed London’s largest public listing so far this year at £553m. Shares in the company edged down by 0.75 per cent to 262.38p – still significantly above its original listing price of 220p and [...]
S&P says euro crisis will drive housing lower January 17, 2013 EUROPEAN house prices are set to decline yet further in 2013, according to predictions from credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P). Spanish houses will lose around 7.8 per cent during the coming year, it forecasts, as the Eurozone debt crisis continues to hit the bloc’s fourth biggest economy. Core countries like France and the Netherlands will [...]