Lunchtime news Monday 21 January 2026
Chancellor Alistair Darling has unveiled plans to convert Northern Rock’s £25 billion Bank of England loan into bonds before selling them to investors. The bonds would be guaranteed by the…
Tag: house prices
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Lunchtime news May 9
Commenting in the Evening Standard, Shelter chief executive Adam Sampson warns that homes in London costing less than £100,000 could soon be a thing of the past. An increasingly detached…
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House prices down 1.9%
House prices dropped during November according to Land Registry figures, with the average value of a home in England and Wales down by 1.9 per cent, or £3,135, to £161,883.…
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Mortgage lending shrinks
Mortgage lending has fallen sharply, with approvals for house purchases 60 per cent lower than a year ago. The number of approvals fell by 14 per cent in November to…
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Lunchtime news Tuesday 6 May 2026
The head of Southern Housing Group – one of the UK’s largest housing associations – has warned that the shortage of lenders has made it hard for housing associations to…
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Lunchtime news Wednesday 20 February 2026
Fire chiefs have warned that the growing number of immigrants living in dangerously overcrowded housing are at risk of a major fire disaster. Peter Holland, chief officer of Lancashire fire…
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Weekend news round-up 12 May
House prices have almost trebled during the Blair decade, according to the FT house price index. The paper also predicts another interest rate rise this year. The Independent reports that…
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Prime mortgage arrears worst for eight years
Prime mortgage borrowers, at least one month in arrears, have risen 50 per cent to 3.24 per cent of prime loans by the end of September compared with a year…
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But the scheme could hit new lending
Mortgage lenders have warned however, that the plan to offer struggling homeowners a holiday for up to two years from paying their interest repayments is unworkable and will result in…
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ROOF lunchtime news 28 June 2026
Hazel Blears will be the new secretary of state for Communities and Local Government. The former minister of state at the Home Office, who came sixth in the contest for…