Insurance News Archive
- 30 Jun 2006
Clarity On Mortgages Has Improved
A wide ranging FSA review last year found problems in the information that was being given to consumers. - 29 Jun 2006
House Prices Maintain 'subdued Growth'
Nationwide's June house price index showed a third month of "subdued growth", with prices rises of 0.3 per cent. - 28 Jun 2006
Info Pack Controversy Continues
John White, chief executive of Persimmon, has warned that the packs may make people reluctant to put their home on the market, forcing house prices up. - 27 Jun 2006
Buy To Let Landlords Unfazed By Property Market Confusion
In their own report published today, ARLA found that nearly two-thirds of the landlords surveyed expect to acquire further investment property in the next twelve months. - 26 Jun 2006
Management Of Climate Change 'imperative'
The underwriter has said that "urgent and active management of climate change starting with investment in research is now imperative". - 22 Jun 2006
£20k Profit For Buy-to-let In London
The research from Landlord Mortgages focused on parents who buy properties for their children to live in when they go to university, and then rent out extra rooms to their friends. - 21 Jun 2006
Public 'misled' Over Home Info Packs
The advantages of the packs for consumers have been highlighted by the Association of Home Information Pack Providers (AHIPP), which says the public needs more information. - 20 Jun 2006
Planning Proposals May Lead To Urban Sprawl, Say MPs
In the report published today, the all-party Commons Housing, Planning, Local Government and the Regions Select Committee criticised current plans to relax local authority powers on planning regulations, saying that this "could result in urban sprawl and undermine regeneration efforts in established urban centres". - 19 Jun 2006
Mortgage Lenders Asked To Justify Charges To The FSA
MEAFs are intended to cover minor administration costs such as changing the registration of the property at the Land Registry, says the FSA. - 16 Jun 2006
Government Unveils Property Plans
It is hoped the scheme will see better, more reliable information provided to prospective buyers at the earliest stage of the process. - 15 Jun 2006
No Tax Discount For Green Homes
David Nieberg, a spokesman for the Department for Communities and Local Government said that there were no plans to create the incentives to make homes more efficient, despite recommendations from the environmental audit committee. - 14 Jun 2006
Commercial Property Investors Buoyed By Rising House Prices
The UK house price inflation rate rose from 3.3 per cent in March 2006 to 5.1 per cent in April 2006, sparking increased confidence among commercial property investors.
