Do TV and Film Investments Make Money?

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Trends in television The introduction of video-on-demand (VOD) services including Amazon and Netflix has revolutionised the way we watch TV. They are each gaining millions of new subscribers each year and produce ever more of their own award-winning…

House prices in ‘softest patch for several years’

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Value of average home 'relatively static for ten months', says Office for National Statistics Following the release of the latest national house price index, published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) alongside broader inflation…

UK house prices fall again, growing at the slowest rate in four years

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British house prices fell for a second month in a row in April, suggesting households are feeling the pinch from rising inflation since last year's Brexit vote and low wage growth. Nationwide said house prices declined by 0.4pc in April following…

Investor demand for UK property rises across all sectors

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The UK commercial property market is strengthening, with industrial space outperforming office and retail, according to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors’ (RICS) UK Commercial Property Market Survey. As investor demand increased…

Real Estate Investment Trusts: An Overview Of Three Property Players

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Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) are comparable to mutual funds, which allow multiple investors to gain ownership of real estate ventures or operate commercial properties. They can be thought of as shares and most can be traded on major…

South-east Asia property prices are now at one of the most affordable levels on record, JLL Singapore

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It's time for the Government to consider "thawing" property cooling measures, according to consultancy JLL. The firm said in a report that one reason to reconsider the measures is the significant fall in property prices. Overall prices…

Londoners Revealed As The Most Ruthless UK Property Buyers

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New research by bridging lender Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has revealed the widespread issue within the property market of buyers being pipped to the post at the last minute. In particular, the nationally representative survey of 2,000…

UK Rental Property Demand Falls to Two-year Low

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Rise in supply sees rent flattening or falling in many parts of the country including London, survey finds Demand for privately-rented flats and houses has fallen to a two-year low, while the supply of properties…

Article 50 ruling: What to expect for UK property

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The British Government’s appeal has been dismissed by the Supreme Court in the Article 50 case in preparation to trigger the country’s au revoir from the European Union.   Brexit is the country’s landmark event of 2017. Or,…

House Price Growth in UK’s New Towns Outpaces Average

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Milton Keynes marks 50th birthday with a table-topping performance in Halifax report   House price growth in new towns has outpaced the UK as a whole over the past decade, according to Halifax. Valuations have leapt by 32 per cent…

Multi-property buy-to-let owners face squeeze

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Several news reports today have highlighted another strand of the government and Bank of England's clampdown on the buy-to-let sector. It's a change that went largely unnoticed in a policy statement from the Prudential Regulation Authority…