Insurance News Archive
- 31 Jul 2006
Pick Letting Agents With Care
Mairi Scott, managing director of tenant reference service Leaseguard, has spoken out to warn landlords that a poor quality agent could cost them money through being forced to wait for tenants and the resulting rental income. - 28 Jul 2006
Bank Of England Urged To Up Rates Over Inflation Fears
The National Institute for Economic and Social Research (Niesr) predicts that inflation will stay above the target of two per cent set by the Treasury until 2008, although at lower than current levels. - 27 Jul 2006
New Homes Decrease In Size
New research reveals an average new property covers an area of 973sq ft, compared with 988 sq ft last year. - 26 Jul 2006
National Grid To Train Drivers
The scheme will involve assessment of driving skills and training for all employees who drive on company business. - 26 Jul 2006
New Agency To Take On Insurance Fraud
The Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB) will work with the police and insurance companies to cut bogus claims that are thought to cost £1.5 billion a year. - 25 Jul 2006
Inheritance Tax To Hit More Property Owners
A study by Halifax of Inland Revenue figures reveals that in the first half of this year £1.7 billion has been collected in IHT £200 million higher than a year ago. - 24 Jul 2006
Hips Providers Stick With HCRs
The controversial element of the Hip was last week dropped by the government so that it lost its mandatory status and became optional. - 21 Jul 2006
Property Leads The Way In Entrepreneur Increase
Nearly 25 per cent more businesses started up in the first quarter of 2006, compared to the same period last year. - 20 Jul 2006
UK Homes At High Risk Of Flood
According to the industry body, government spending will need to increase by 10 per cent a year in order to keep up with problems caused by climate change. - 19 Jul 2006
TDS Enforcement Date Announced
The controversial proposal for a compulsory scheme to hold private tenants' rental deposits has been likened to using a "hammer to crack a walnut" by about half of mortgage advisers, according to a survey by Mortgage Trust. - 18 Jul 2006
Hips Begin To Falter
Housing Minister Yvette Cooper has said that home condition reports the most controversial aspect of the proposals will no longer be introduced in September, reports the London Evening Standard. - 17 Jul 2006
House Prices Rise Significantly
A study by online property firm Rightmove found that prices rose by 2.9 per cent in the four weeks to July 8th, the sharpest rate of increase since monitoring began in August 2001.
