Diary Of A Highstreet Conveyancer – Monday April 6
MONDAY It is interesting to find that as the world seems to slow down and house moves grind to a halt, there are still those who are keen to move and are willing to risk the consequences of not completing. Faced with this proposition, the only way I would agree to allow my client to […]
Search Activity Almost Halved In 4 Weeks
The volume of searches and total value of loans have fallen by two fifths over the past month. According to Twenty7Tec’s ‘Weekly Mortgages Stats’ for the week ending April 4, the volume of searches were down by 20.87 per cent on the week previous and 39.69 per cent lower than two weeks ago. Worryingly, as […]
UK Construction Suffers Fastest Decline Since 2009
The construction sector has suffered from the fastest decline in UK construction since the financial crisis. The headline seasonally adjusted IHS Markit/CIPS UK Construction Total Activity Index tumbled from 52.6 in February to 39.3 in March. This represented the steepest fall since April 2009. Civil engineering projects and commercial property work suffered from the most […]