March 23rd, 2021
In June 2014, we wrote about the artificial UK housing bubble that had been warned by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), at the time the market saw house price inflation that was becoming increasingly widespread.Read More
June 9th, 2014
Contractors saw a sharp rise in hourly rates last month. The fastest pay growth for temporary workers since December 2007, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG Jobs Report.
The re... Read More
June 5th, 2014
The Bank of England have again held the base rate at 0.5%, as policy-makers start to curb mortgage lending in order to avoid a London housing market disaster.
A couple of weeks ago the Lloyds Banking Group, majority... Read More
June 3rd, 2014
The process of house buying is notoriously expensive for all involved, hence the reason that so many people only consider a move every 5-10 years, if at all. As the market continues to be increasingly competitive, ever esc... Read More
June 2nd, 2014
The self-employed will soon outnumber the public sector workforce, according to a new report.
The report, authored by the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA), found that the self-employmen... Read More
May 30th, 2014
While recent press coverage related to the Help to Buy scheme has consistently linked inflated house prices to the Government scheme, newly released data confirms that the volume of properties purchased via this route has ... Read More
May 29th, 2014
Mortgage approval rates in the UK have dropped for the third consecutive month, according to the British Bankers’ Association, in the first tangible sign of how the Mortgage Market Review has impacted the industry.Read More
May 28th, 2014
The proportion of employers that believe they need more staff to meet increased demand has risen to over a third, according to the most recent findings from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC)’s Jobs O... Read More
May 22nd, 2014
In reaction to calls from the Bank of England for lenders to assist in curbing ever increasing property values, the Lloyds Banking Group have chosen to introduce a 4 x income cap on any lending above £500,000. The move ha... Read More
May 20th, 2014
Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, sparked yet more discussion on the validity of the Governments Help to Buy incentive scheme over the weekend, especially provocative in a market where demand for property i... Read More
