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HOUSING MARKET TO CONTINUE UPWARD TREND IN 2010
• Positive annual growth in 2009 as a whole, as previously forecast by Assetz
• House prices likely to continue to increase moderately by around 5% in 2010 but with downside risks
• Housing supply will continue to be poor underpinning prices in the face of substantial demand
• Developers will start to sell off-plan again as a [...]
EXACT APPROVED BY THE FSA
Exact has today confirmed that its application to be regulated by the FSA has been approved. The mortgage servicing company which was set up specifically to meet the demands of mortgage asset owners in this new and intensive regulatory regime is thought to be the first to gain administration permissions since the FSA Arrears and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )GRS JOB CONFIDENCE MONITOR SHOWS CITY PROFESSIONALS FEELING MORE SECURE
To see the full press release with graphs, please visit http://www.grs.com/20/grs-news.html
City professionals are increasingly confident of their job security according to recent figures from GRS’s sentiment index
Confidence rises as predictions of slowing negative growth emerge
In the market’s most up-to-date survey of job confidence, of 5,370 professionals (specialising in the disciplines of risk management, [...]
PJ HAYMAN APPOINTS THE WRIGLESWORTH CONSULTANCY
P J Hayman – specialist Travel Insurance and Schemes provider – has hired the Wriglesworth Consultancy to promote their range of products and a selection of new initiatives. The appointment was made following a competitive pitch process involving six agencies.
P J Hayman firmly believes that ‘one size does not fit all’ when it comes to [...]
HOUSE PRICES WILL STOP FALLING AND RENTAL SECTOR SET TO BOOM THIS YEAR, EXPERTS AGREE
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House prices will stop falling this year, leading figures from the property industry agreed at the Land Data Great Housing Market Debate, hosted by the Wriglesworth Consultancy, held in London this week. However, the panel were unanimous in their belief that it could be a [...]
2009 BUDGET COMMENTS
NICK HOPKINSON, DIRECTOR OF PROPERTY PORTFOLIO RESCUE (PPR), RESPONDS TO TODAY’S BUDGET:
Stamp duty holiday
“Once again the Government has missed the opportunity to radically shake up the highly counter-productive Stamp Duty tax for both individuals and businesses. Extending the £175,000 exemption until the end of the year will make very little difference to majority of homebuyers [...]
PROPERTY PORTFOLIO RESCUE DISTRESS INDEX: Q2 2009
THE FORECASTER OF FUTURE REPOSSESSIONS, LIQUIDATIONS AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE UK
Property Portfolio Rescue (PPR), the UK based property recovery specialist, has produced a quarterly forecaster using its enquiry levels from distressed sellers to measure the current level of crisis and forecast future mortgage possessions, liquidations and unemployment.
Key findings include:
Enquiries from distressed property owners have reached [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )A-HIPP HOORAY
Association of Home Information Pack Providers
Returns to The Wriglesworth Consultancy
April 2009: The Association of Home Information Pack Providers (AHIPP) is pleased to announce that they have appointed The Wriglesworth Consultancy for a three-month project. This appointment marks AHIPP’s return to the agency following a highly successful campaign surrounding the launch of HIPs in 2007.
AHIPP – [...]
SMART NEW HOMES- NEW HOMES INDEX NOV 2008
developers contribute to market correction with further price cuts
The average price of a new home fell for a fifth consecutive month in October, taking new home prices to £232,386 – down 1.6% since September. In October the rate of annual house price growth in the new homes market showed one of the sharpest monthly declines [...]
YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY PUBLISHES ‘THE PROTECTION GAP: LIVING ON THE EDGE’
52 Days to Financial Disaster
New research from Yorkshire Building Society reveals that the majority of Britons are living on a financial tightrope, with the average person having savings that would only last 52 days if they were unable to work. The Society’s analysis shows that the average monthly outgoings are £1,445 while the average accessible [...]
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