House purchase lending pushes to fresh September high
September 2015 sees 72,930 house purchase approvals, up almost 20% since September last year Growth takes house purchase approvals to highest level since January 2014 (the last month of support for mortgage lending via the Bank of England’s Funding for Lending Scheme) Small deposit lending hits the highest levels seen since October 2008 – now […]
September sales at eight-year high
Strongest September for home sales since 2007, driven by activity in the north as supply squeeze stalls sales in the south But there’s a southern resurgence in price growth, with the South East seeing strongest year-on-year rise of any region London housing market back on track, with capital recording its biggest monthly price boost since […]
Leading Berkshire conveyancers, Gordons Property Lawyers, implement Lawyer Checker into their risk management
Maidenhead conveyancers, Gordons Property Lawyers (GPL) have decided to beat the bogus law firms and combat criminal conveyancers through the introduction of Lawyer Checker into their due diligence processes. They, along with over 2000 conveyancing firms who are also registered to use the service, acknowledge that the threat from cyber-crime is a very real and […]
The price of plastic bags
Single-use plastic bags are a world-wide waste issue, as a single bag can take up to 500 years or more to degrade (1). Further to the huge waste issue caused by discarded plastic bags there is a cost to wildlife that should be considered as small animals such as birds and fish can either end […]