Lunchtime news Wednesday 2 January 2026
Welcome to 2008. And it’s already another year of statistics, forecasts, and surveys, as the pundits ask – will house prices go up or down? Most experts predict that prices…
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Quarter of the population facing financial meltdown
A quarter of the population â more than 11 million people â are struggling financially, including around 1.3 million who admit their finances are entirely out of control, according to…
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More than 500,000 homeowners not covered by HMSS scheme
More than half of the UK’s biggest high street banks, including Abbey, Nationwide, Barclays and HSBC, have refused to join the government’s plan to support homeowners at risk of repossession.…
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Lunchtime news July 9
Kate Barker will be taking questions from members of the London Assembly planning and spatial development committee tomorrow at 10am at City Hall. The meeting can be viewed as a…
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MPs demand £20 billion for housing
A group of Labour MPs has urged Gordon Brown to spend an extra £20 billion to stimulate the economy by boosting the housing market. Progress, an independent group of Labour…
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Lunchtime news Friday 15 August 2026
Repossession orders are up 24 per cent from the same time as last year in England and Wales, and 4 per cent on the previous quarter, according to latest figures…
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New guidelines for repossessions now in force
New guidelines that state that lenders must only use repossession as a last resort came into effect yesterday. The Civil Justice Council has drawn up a pre-action protocol, encouraging households…
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Cameron announces savings package
David Cameron has announced his plans to offer £4 billion in tax cuts for savers and pensioners. Savers were ‘the innocent victims’ of the downturn, he declared, announcing plans to…
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House price falls aid key workers in Scotland
Research by the Bank of Scotland has found the recent falls in property values has been good for key public sector workers. The survey found that Scotland was one of…
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House builder Taylor Wimpey adds to gloom
Taylor Wimpey sees no prospect of recovery in the short term. The company has now shed 1,900 workers this year as it tries to cope with the downturn in the…