Housing news from the Budget
In the current climate, there is uncertainty in all of our lives with both health and financial concerns. However, while we are all understandably focusing on the here and now, it might be worth using this time to take a step back and review your long-term financial wellbeing as well. This newsletter takes a look […]
A helping hand in times of uncertainty
Following the election at the tail end of 2019, the ‘Boris bounce’ provided some long overdue momentum in the housing market, with data highlighting that buyer interest in some parts of the UK jumped over 60% year-on-year. Now the global COVID-19 outbreak has arrived, it’s difficult to quantify the likely impact on both the commercial […]
Key points from the Spring Budget
In the current climate, there is uncertainty in all of our lives with both health and financial concerns. However, while we are all understandably focusing on the here and now, it might be worth using this time to take a step back and review your long-term financial wellbeing as well. This newsletter takes a look […]
The Week in Review – 14 April
“We are making progress in this national battle” As the lockdown continued over the sunny Easter weekend, the government urged people to have a ‘stay-at-home Easter’. In the UK on Easter Sunday, a sombre milestone was reached, as recorded deaths in hospitals passed the 10,000 mark. Following a week at St Thomas’s Hospital, including three nights […]
Weathering the storm together
Stock markets around the world are suffering a major period of volatility as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. Although markets do not respond well to periods of uncertainty, what is certain is that volatility goes hand in hand with stock market investment; and although market movements can be concerning, we have all become much […]
Make time for life’s big decisions
In the current climate, there is uncertainty in all of our lives with both health and financial concerns. However, while we are all understandably focusing on the here and now, it might be worth using this time to take a step back and review your long-term financial wellbeing as well. A recent study1 suggests many people […]
The Week in Review – 6 April
As COVID–19 continues its grim march across the globe, the statistics make sober reading. Last week, confirmed virus cases exceeded one million worldwide as the pandemic took hold in the United States and the global death toll continued to rise, sadly including a number of frontline workers. With the Prime Minister remaining in isolation, Health […]
How ‘Leeds Permanent’ vanished – and a new ‘Leeds’ filled the void
If the former Leeds Permanent Building Society had ‘done what it says on the tin’ like that wood-stain in the old TV ad, the mortgage lender would surely still have branches on Britain’s high streets. Savers might even be able to invest in its Liquid Gold account, the ‘nice little earner’ promoted in another old […]
The Week in Review – 30 March
The week everything changed We saw a different face on the Downing Street podium on Friday afternoon, as Minister for the Cabinet Office Michael Gove took centre stage, while the Prime Minister self-isolated after testing positive for COVID-19. Gove announced plans to begin a large-scale testing programme of health workers and the construction of two […]
Residential Property Review – March 2020
SPRING BUDGET: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR THE HOUSING MARKET? While it is true that this year’s highly anticipated Spring Budget speech, delivered by new Chancellor Rishi Sunak, was understandably dominated by the government’s emergency measures to protect the British economy and population from the impact of COVID-19, there were other positives to be gleaned […]