Property News from Saint Property

Saint Property Dispatch 14 June 2011
June 14th, 2011

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·       The average house price in the UK was 1.3% lower in April 2011 than a year ago.
·       In a report published at the end of May, the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) predicts, based on a key assumption that banks will ease their lending “restrictions”, house prices will continue falling for the remainder [...]

Saint Property Dispatch 5th May 2011
May 5th, 2011

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·      A slow start to the year has prompted recent news headlines warning of house price falls to come within the UK, and specifically Scottish, property markets.
·      Land Registry figures showed that the average property fell in March 2011, by 1.1%, leaving property prices 2.3% lower than a year ago.
·      The Registers of Scotland (RoS) Data shows property [...]

Saint Property Dispatch 31st March 2011
March 31st, 2011

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· There were no real surprises in the 2011 Budget although the Chancellor did try to lesson the impact of the tax and child benefit changes, announced in last June’s Emergency Budget, which are due to come into effect on 6 April.
· On the whole, the Budget was looking a year ahead but the next 12 months [...]