Chance to quiz Santander
Law Firm Services have announced they are running two seminars that will give delegates the chance to openly raise their opinions on Santander’s panel arrangements. Attendees at the Bristol and Leeds seminars will be able to raise any issues they have with the service Santander provides to conveyancers. Tracey Carr and Andrew Winfield from Santander […]
New Home registrations rise
New home registrations are up nearly 30% from the same time last year according to new data from NHBC. In good news for the industry, 10,112 new homes were registered around the country in January 2013 compared with 7,831 in January 2012. More than 800 new properties were registered as part of the first phase […]
House prices increase
According to January’s Land Registry House Price Index the average property value in England and Wales is now at £162,441 after a 1% rise from December to January. As usual, London saw the largest property value increases with an increase of 7.1% over the last year and 2.5% from December to January. The figures […]
Positive signs for the market
According to the latest Bank of England figures the number of loan approvals for house purchase was up from the previous six month average of 51,344 to 54,719 in January. Remortgaging loans told the opposite story, with 25,572 loans approved in January down from an average of 27,527 during the previous six months. Despite the […]