News Archive

The lowest income households faced the highest rate of inflation in February, at 4.2%, according to the latest figures from the Alliance Trust Economic Research Centre...

Demand for retail premises continued to stutter in the first three months of 2012. This, combined with growing availability in the sector, resulted in a further drop in rental expectations, the latest RICS UK Commercial Market Survey has revealed...

MoneySupermarket is urging borrowers to check their current mortgage arrangements after analysis by the price comparison site showed that average mortgage rates have begun to rise...

The expense of owning and running a house has risen to its highest level in four years, according to research by Halifax...

Here, Martin Cholwill, manager of the Royal London UK Equity Income Fund, provides a sector update...

With the start of the new tax year, consumers have the chance to benefit from another year's ISA allowance and protect their hard-earned cash from the tax man...

Moves to encourage more private investment in social housing have been announced by the Government...

Potential buyers continued to test the market during March as the stamp duty holiday finally came to an end, according to the latest RICS UK Housing Market Survey...

The number of retailers falling into administration in the first quarter of this year increased by 15% to 69 compared with 60 in the same period last year, according to research by Deloitte, the business advisory firm...

After a sustained period of market uncertainty and volatility, the initial public offerings market is showing some signs of recovery after a number of high-profile deals completed in the first quarter of 2012...

Against a backdrop of evidence suggesting that business performance will suffer because organisations are failing to manage their customers’ data, Eddie Short, KPMG partner and head of business intelligence, argues that companies are spending too long looking at the past, in the hope it gives an insight into their future...

Employment tribunal changes which came into effect on Friday will make it easier for businesses to take on staff and improve the process when staff have to be let go, according to the Government...

Here, Paul Brain, manager of the Newton Global Dynamic Bond Fund, looks at the investment environment for global fixed income investing and the emerging opportunities that are catching his eye...

Here, Ray Boulger of independent mortgage adviser John Charcol comments on the news that the MPC left Bank Rate and the size of the Quantitative Easing programme unchanged last week, as we move into a fourth consecutive year with Bank Rate at its lowest ever level of 0...

A positive start to 2012 for landlords in the Private Rented Sector has been revealed in the latest research from specialist buy-to-let lender Paragon...

"Opportunity funds can’t base their business models off future yield compression, they need active asset management angles...

UK homeowners are champions at spotting and dealing with common maintenance problems inside their homes but are risking a potential £10,000 bill for repairs by failing to check for issues on the outside...

There are plenty of reasons to invest in property at the current time, as more Britons find their circumstances dictate they must rent from a private landlord rather than buy their own home...

People who are in a position to invest in property and become landlords should spend plenty of time thinking about where they plan to buy homes and in what state they must be...

  With many of last year’s winners still basking in their achievements, entries are now being invited for the What House? Awards 2012, considered to be the Oscars of the UK’s housebuilding industry...