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Coalition tonic for the market
3:49pm Thursday 8th July 2010
The outcome of the general election has served as an additional boost to the higher end of the property market, with both buyer and seller activity increasing.
Estate agents hail demise of HIPs
10:49am Tuesday 25th May 2010
Estate agents have welcomed the news that controversial home information packs (Hips) are being scrapped with immediate effect.
House prices rose 10% last year
9:36am Tuesday 4th May 2010
Annual house price growth reached double figures for the first time in nearly three years during April, research has shown.
Fixed mortgage rate touches 4.63%
4:11pm Tuesday 27th April 2010
Fixed-rate mortgage deals have fallen to their lowest level for a year as competition continues to return to the market, research has shown.
House rises 'ease' pre-election
1:12pm Tuesday 13th April 2010
Homeowners rushing to put properties on the market before the General Election sent selling activity to its highest since May 2007 last month, according to a survey.
Property market returning to normal
10:23am Thursday 25th March 2010
The property market is returning to more normal conditions as increasing numbers of people put their homes up for sale, research has shown.
Households 'now £17,000 worse off'
11:24am Monday 22nd March 2010
The average household is more than £17,000 worse off than they were at the start of the recession, research has shown.
Economic growth revised upwards
3:43pm Friday 26th February 2010
The UK made a faster than expected climb out of recession in the final three months of 2009 with growth of 0.3%, official figures showed.
Aggravated burglaries up in Britian recent statistics show.
12:41pm Monday 15th February 2010
Householders should be alarmed following the recently released figures for burglaries in England and Wales. In 2008-2009 the police recorded 284,427 burglaries, which equates to one person being burgled every 2 minutes. Whilst 56,000 of these burglaries were taking place, the occupant was confronted by the burglar and most worryingly 23,000 householders were actually attacked by the burglar. This means a householder is attacked every 30 minutes.
OFT considers sale without agents
11:17am Thursday 18th February 2010
The trading watchdog is expected to look at whether homeowners can cut out estate agents when it publishes a market study into the home buying and selling process.
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