House sales surge after stamp duty extension: Property market soared last month following Rishi Sunak’s decision to extend the tax break Chancellor’s stamp duty holiday was due to end on March 31 but will end in June The extension meant last month house sales saw the biggest surge since August Tax holiday means buyers pay … Read more
Average house prices soared by £17,000 last year to an average £249,000 in January as the market defied coronavirus lockdowns. In the second half of 2020, the reopening of the housing market following the easing of coronavirus restrictions unleashed a wave of pent-up demand as households moved to bigger homes outside big cities. Emboldened by … Read more
Britain’s property hotspot villages have been revealed and top-of-the-pile Malborough, near Salcombe in Devon, has seen prices almost double. Lockdown has seen a surprise property boom – marked by deep-pocketed buyers escaping to the country – driving prices in some popular villages up substantially. The top 10 villages listed by estate agent Savills have all … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Our domain names tip CentralNic has soared By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 GMT, 6 March 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 6 March 2021 Look back two decades and most people managed quite happily without the internet. Now more than half the world uses it and, once they … Read more
House sales in the UK soared by a quarter in January – despite lockdown – as buyers make a ‘sprint finish’ to beat next month’s stamp duty holiday deadline. More than 120,000 residential property sales were recorded last month, according to new figures released by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The figure is a 24.1 … Read more
Government is borrowing more than £1billion a DAY after piling up another £34.1BILLION in December amid frantic efforts to combat Covid – the debt mountain topping £2.1TRILLION Government borrowing £34.1billion in December, third highest month on record The UK’s debt pile hit £2.13trillion at the end of the year, 99.4 per cent of GDP Total … Read more
Three boroughs in and around London have become the UK’s Covid hot-spots for infection rates – with as many as 1 in 15 people having had the virus in one area alone. London’s Barking and Dagenham, the neighbouring borough of Redbridge, and the commuter area of Thurrock, in Essex, are all in the grips of … Read more
House prices soared at a rate of £275 a week to hit a record high by the end of last year, figures reveal Despite the pandemic, house prices soared by 6 per cent according to Halifax Mortgage approvals are at 13-year high but estate agents warn prices could fall Property prices rose by £275 a … Read more
Music streaming soared by 8% last year as more people consumed their favourites songs amid the lockdown blues Some 155 million albums or their equivalent were streamed or bought in 2020 There were also 139 billion audio streams, British Phonographic Industry said Come as streaming giants come under pressure to increase pay to musicians By Bhvishya Patel … Read more
DFS Furniture reveals online sales soared during the pandemic but now Tier 4 shutdowns and border closures threaten its prospects Online sales rose 76% over the 24 weeks to December 13 It helped boost overall sales by 19 per cent compared with last year But the firm is being forced to close 52 showrooms that … Read more