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…

UK house prices pick up pace with 10.1% annual increase

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Cost of average home hits £214,811 but mortgage lender Halifax warns Brexit fears could curb housing market activity UK house price growth has picked up to hit an annual rate of 10.1%, a one and a half year high, but could ease in coming…

London property market avoids usual seasonal lending dip

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The usual seasonal dip in home lending in the first quarter of the year didn’t seem to happen in London as the latest data shows borrowing up quarter on quarter and year on year. The data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders shows that…

Why I would be celebrating if Brexit led to lower house prices

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Fitch, the credit rating agency, today warns that Brexit might lead to a 25pc correction in house prices, bringing them down to what Fitch believes is their long term "sustainable" level. I don't mean to be irresponsible, but good; this would…

BOING! Expect a commercial property market bounce if Britain votes to stay in EU, expert says

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Investment in the property sector is slowing in the run up to the referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union. But, according to one expert, it will bounce back after June 23, if the country votes to stay in. Nigel Almond,…

THINK CAREFULLY! UK housing minister answers 10 tough questions on the property market

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Brandon Lewis, the minister for housing and planning, joined Financial Times for a live online Q&A on Wednesday. Readers submitted more than 100 thoughtful questions. Here are 10 of the best, with his responses: Q: Would the government…

London’s richest people went on a property buying frenzy just before April

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The richest people in the capital went on a buying frenzy just before April to snap up second homes and buy-to-let properties, says London's largest estate agent Foxtons. The group, which published a trading update for the quarter ending…

Commercial property lending market in UK seeing renewed confidence

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Confidence has returned to the commercial property lending market in the UK as new loan originations hit a post crisis high, new figures shows. Indeed, the value of outstanding loan books saw its first increase since 2008, according to the…

LEAVING THE EU? What would Brexit mean for UK commercial property investors?

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Steven Grahame, manager of the North Row Liquid Property fund, writes for What Investment on the likely impact of Brexit on the UK commercial property market. The date has been set: on Thursday 23rd June the public will vote in the most significant…

DIVE! House prices fall almost everywhere as property market takes on ‘uncomfortable’ feel

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House prices in all the regions in England and Wales apart from London and the East fell in March, according to new data from the Land Registry. Considered by industry experts to be the most accurate of all the house price indices,…

SWEPT AWAY! UK property funds see biggest outflows since 2008

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