Insurance News Archive
- 30 Nov 2006
'Healthy' Returns Available For Buy-to-let Investors
According to specialist lender Paragon, total returns on a property have increased from 10.6 per cent in September to 13.3 per cent last month. - 29 Nov 2006
First-time Buyers Considering Property Investment Overseas
According to MRI Property Overseas, almost two-fifths of young people between the ages of 18 and 29 are considering moving abroad, having struggled to get onto the property ladder. - 28 Nov 2006
House Prices Grow In November
According to Hometrack's latest housing monitor, average house price growth increased by 0.6 per cent in November compared to 0.4 per cent the month previously. - 27 Nov 2006
Homeowners More Likely To Renovate Properties
According to the group, increasing numbers of homebuyers are being taxed at higher rates of stamp duty. - 24 Nov 2006
Flood Assessments Recommended
That is according to risk management consultancy firm Ambiental, whose account manager Nick Bollons was speaking after an Environment Agency conference in London on November 22nd. - 23 Nov 2006
Crackdown On Uninsured Drivers 'taking Shape'
Technical services manager Graeme Trudgill said that the majority of police forces across the country now have automatic number plate recognition technologies, which have helped them to remove some 30,000 uninsured vehicles from Britain's roads in the past year. - 23 Nov 2006
House Price Inflation Set To Soften
Professor David Miles, chief UK economist at the investment bank Morgan Stanley, believes house prices may begin to fall in the near future because property is currently overvalued. - 22 Nov 2006
Gazundering Returning To Housing Market?
According to Paul Holmes, chief executive of the group, the return of the practice could also mean that the housing market is slowing. - 21 Nov 2006
Estate Agents Preparing For Hips
Taking place next month, a number of courses are being run across the country informing estate agencies how to deal with the packs. - 20 Nov 2006
Extra Locations Set For Early Hips Roll-out
According to the Association of Home Information Pack providers (Ahipp), the early rolling out of Hips in more locations, including Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol, Nottingham and Plymouth, will allow for a "phased implementation" of the packs. - 17 Nov 2006
Improved Regulation For Lettings Needed
However, according to the group, the government's proposals on the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill do not deal with the issue of improved regulation for lettings. - 16 Nov 2006
Immigrant Influx "beneficial" For Landlords
According to the group, most of the estimated 600,000 workers who entered the UK between 2004 and 2006 to work are renting, forming an important source of rental demand for buy-to-let landlords in many parts of the country.
