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Housing recovery 'unlikely' before 2011
Friday 05 Sep 2008
We’ll have to wait until 2011 before a return to consistent house price growth, upmarket estate agent Savills warned today.
Bentley cutbacks add to car sector woes
Friday 05 Sep 2008
More than one third of Crewe-based Bentley’s staff are to start working a three-day week, the luxury car maker announced today.
Food bills rocket in 2008
Friday 05 Sep 2008
Shoppers are paying 8.3% more for their food than they were in January, a new survey revealed today.
Rates remain at 5%
Thursday 04 Sep 2008
There was no reprieve for hard up borrowers today when the Bank of England confirmed expectations by keeping interest rates at 5% for the fifth month in a row.
UK rates not expected to change
Thursday 04 Sep 2008
A 12.7% slump in house prices during the past year and fresh warnings of a UK recession may not be enough to convince the Bank of England to cut interest rates below 5% today.
House prices in 12.7% plunge
Thursday 04 Sep 2008
The price of the average house fell more than £3,000 last month as rising inflation and tough lending criteria kept buyers away.
Food price growth slows in August
Wednesday 03 Sep 2008
The pace of food inflation slowed last month for the first time since March, raising hopes that prices may be near their peak, although they are still 10% higher than last year.
Consumers still gloomy
Wednesday 03 Sep 2008
Consumer confidence failed to pick up in August as increased gloom about the economic situation offset greater optimism for the future, a Nationwide survey showed.
Service sector shrinks again
Wednesday 03 Sep 2008
The UK service sector continued to shrink last month, sending the pound to its lowest against the dollar since April 2006.
UK recession in '08, warns OECD
Tuesday 02 Sep 2008
Britons should prepare for recession this year, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) warned Tuesday.
Stamp duty threshold raised
Tuesday 02 Sep 2008
The government is axe stamp duty on house purchases below £175,000 for a year in an attempt to boost the housing market and its own flagging fortunes.
Mortgage approvals at fresh low
Monday 01 Sep 2008
Mortgage approvals have tumbled to the lowest ever recorded by the Bank of England, with just 33,000 home loans approved in July.
House prices tumble 5.3%, says Hometrack
Monday 01 Sep 2008
Hometrack’s latest survey has confirmed the slump in UK house prices, with the cost of a property down 5.3% on last year.
Money Management
Friday 29 Aug 2008
It’s not always easy to keep a close eye on our spending, and, let’s face it, modern life can be an expensive business. There are seemingly ever-increasing food, fuel and utilities bills to pay, and then there are those spur-of-the-moment purchases that are forgotten, until our bank account statement drops on the doormat.
How to save and beat the tax man
Friday 29 Aug 2008
Most of us probably prefer spending money to saving it, but in the current financial climate, millions of people are choosing to put money away. In fact, banks and building societies are seeing a strong growth in the amount of money being saved. (Can this be demonstrated if challenged?)
Land Registry says house prices down 2%
Friday 29 Aug 2008
Homeowners in England and Wales saw another 0.6% wiped off the value of their property last month, according to Land Registry data out today.
Retail sales hit 25 year low
Thursday 28 Aug 2008
Things have got even worse for hard pressed retailers as a wet August kept money conscious shoppers off the high street, according to the CBI.
House prices down most in 18 years
Thursday 28 Aug 2008
House prices have tumbled 10.5% in the past year, the first double digit fall since the fourth quarter of 1990, according to the Nationwide.
Lib Dems outline mortgage rescue plan
Wednesday 27 Aug 2008
A new mortgage rescue scheme and rules allowing councils and housing associations to buy up land could help stall the housing market slump, claimed the Liberal Democrats Wednesday.
Credit crunch hits buy-to-let lending
Tuesday 26 Aug 2008
Tighter lending criteria has made it tough for buy-to-let investors, prompting a 15% drop in the number of new mortgages taken out in the first half of 2008.

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