Articles tagged "house prices"
Worldwide record rise in mortgage business
Tuesday, July 24th, 2012
A Cornish firm of independent financial advisers has seen an increase in its mortgage business during the last quarter. Covering March 1 to May 31, Worldwide Financial Planning, which has offices in Truro and Wadebridge, has reported a 15 percent rise in activity. The company found that mortgage deals for residential purchases had fallen by [...]
Tags: house prices, housing market, mortgages, Worldwide Financial Planning
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Financial News Round Up for the Week Ending 6th July 2012
Friday, July 6th, 2012
Welcome to the first week of July, and happy Independence Day to all our US readers! The big news of the week is, of course, the continuing Libor scandal which has engulfed Barclays, taking Chief Executive Bob Diamond with it at the start of the week. More details below. Barclays’ Bob quits over Libor row [...]
Tags: Bank of England, banks, house prices, housing market, stock market
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Financial News Round Up for the Week Ending 3rd February 2012
Monday, February 6th, 2012
Welcome to our financial news round up for the week ending 3rd February 2012. Even though we’re now well into 2012, looking at the FTSE100, we get a feeling of deja vu with its ups and downs being very similar to 2011′s volatility. News about Glencore and Xstrata’s possible merger gave it a boost to [...]
Tags: banks, house prices, investments, mortgages, Royal bank of Scotland
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Financial News Round Up for 21st October 2011
Friday, October 21st, 2011
Week ending 21st October 2011 The banks, the stockmarket and the Eurozone dominated this week’s financial news headlines with the FTSE100 seeming to regain lost ground. With still no clear news on an agreement in the Eurozone, stockmarkets remain wobbly. Some good news in the UK with the CO-op opening more bank branches in-store and [...]
Tags: banks, FTSE100, house prices, inflation, interest rates, investing, ISAs
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Financial News Round Up for the 7th October 2011
Friday, October 7th, 2011
Week ending 7th October 2011 It’s been another week dominated by the financial markets’ volatility. The FTSE100 dropped below the 5,000 floor and then rallied again following news from Europe. Nerves are still on edge about Greece and a possible default, and here at home in the UK, the Bank of England announced further Quantitative [...]
Tags: Bank of England, house prices, housing market, inflation, investment bonds, quantitative easing
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Financial News Round Up for the 30th September 2011
Friday, September 30th, 2011
Week ending 30th September 2011 Welcome to Worldwide Financial Planning’s’ weekly news round up for the week ending the 30th September 2011. This was the week of the Labour Party conference in Liverpool and another week of volatile markets. • Labour pledges overhaul of consumer rights The Shadow Business Secretary, John Denham, pledged an overhaul [...]
Tags: banks, FTSE100, house prices
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Financial News Round Up for 23rd September 2011
Friday, September 23rd, 2011
Week ending 23rd September 2011 It’s been another week dominated by fluctuating world markets. With the FTSE100 first making some gains after the losses of the last few weeks, towards the end of the week, it was heading back down towards 5000. This was also the week the Liberal Democrat conference took place in Birmingham [...]
Tags: banks, FTSE100, house prices, inflation, stock market
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Financial News Round Up 12th August
Monday, August 15th, 2011
Weekly news round up for the week ending 12th August 2011 • Pensioners forced to sell homes With annuity rates low and incomes squeezed, there has been an increase in the number of people aged over 60 who have sold their homes to move into rented accommodation to stretch their income. A survey conducted by [...]
Tags: Bank of England, FTSE100, house prices, investing, stock market
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Are House Prices Falling?
Monday, July 4th, 2011
Are house prices falling? It’s very much the starter for ten question at the bar, normally preceded by ‘I know you’re off work now, but….’ Although the statement ‘a cynic knows the cost of everything and the value of nothing’ is typically meant to focus on the person who just watches the pennies rather than [...]
Tags: house prices, housing market
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Potential First Time Buyers Not Hopeful
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Research by HSBC apparently shows that less than 25% of potential first time buyers expect to be able to buy a house within the next 5 years. Its survey, which questioned 1,350 people who do not own their own homes, found that more than 80% of these people did want to be home-owners. However, less [...]
Tags: first time buyers, house prices, housing market, mortgages
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