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Economic growth revised upwards
3:43pm Friday 26th February 2010
The UK made a faster than expected climb out of recession in the final three months of 2009 with growth of 0.3%, official figures showed.
Aggravated burglaries up in Britian recent statistics show.
12:41pm Monday 15th February 2010
Householders should be alarmed following the recently released figures for burglaries in England and Wales. In 2008-2009 the police recorded 284,427 burglaries, which equates to one person being burgled every 2 minutes. Whilst 56,000 of these burglaries were taking place, the occupant was confronted by the burglar and most worryingly 23,000 householders were actually attacked by the burglar. This means a householder is attacked every 30 minutes.
OFT considers sale without agents
11:17am Thursday 18th February 2010
The trading watchdog is expected to look at whether homeowners can cut out estate agents when it publishes a market study into the home buying and selling process.
Mortgage Lending at a 10 year low
11:10am Thursday 18th February 2010
mortgage lending dived to a 10-year low during January as the housing market suffered a lull following the end of the Government's stamp duty holiday, figures have showed.
Buy-to-let lending rises: CML
3:11pm Thursday 11th February 2010
Buy-to-let lending grew for the second consecutive quarter during the final three months of 2009 as the market continued to show signs of improving, figures have shown.
Northern house prices 'rose most'
11:01am Wednesday 27th January 2010
Northern regions of the UK have seen the strongest house price growth during the past decade, research has shown.
Cost of fixed-rate mortgage falls
10:50am Wednesday 13th January 2010
The cost of fixed-rate mortgages fell during December as competition in the market began to increase, figures have shown.
House prices average £200,000 again
10:17am Wednesday 13th January 2010
The average house price has broken back through the £200,000 barrier after rising by 1.7% during November, Government figures have shown.
DON'T BE PUBLIC SPIRITED! - YOU COULD BE SUED ACCORDING TO CURRENT HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGISLATION
11:11am Tuesday 12th January 2010
Many roads are being left covered with snow and ice because of a lack of gritting with rock salt resulting from an all too familiar lack of forward planning. Our pavements are left covered in snow and ice because of our ridiculous health and safety regulations, which means that any well-meaning public spirited citizen who attempts to clear the snow and ice near their home or business premises, may well find themselves at the risk of being sued for their neighbourly good deed.
House prices rose by 5.9% in 2009
9:41am Thursday 31st December 2009
House prices rose by 5.9% in 2009 as the UK property market bounced back from last year's double digit declines, figures showed.
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