Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
...Germany, by contrast, where economic woes, property overvaluations and a large rental market weigh on the sector, saw a 10.2 annual contraction last year — the worst of the EU economies excluding Luxembourg...
...Why The property is on a plot of about 2,350 sq m including terraces, an outdoor swimming pool, a stone fountain and mature fruit trees....
...Taylor Wimpey shares rose around 2 per cent in early trading. Analysts caution that stabilisation and recovery for housebuilders and the wider housing market will be slow....
...The news knocked the shares of the companies, with Taylor Wimpey and Persimmon suffering drops of 2.8 per cent and 2.3 per cent, respectively....
...From bedding cut from white cotton sateen (from €1,200) and blankets (€2,800) to a pure cashmere bathrobe (€2,500) inspired by his belted trench coat, Browne has stuck to a very classic sensibility, defined...
...The S&P Global/Cips UK construction purchasing managers’ index, a measure of the health of the industry, rose to 49.7 in February from 48.8 in January....
...Barratt has cemented its position as the UK’s largest housebuilder after agreeing to buy rival Redrow in a £2.5bn deal, as developers weather the property market downturn....
...Since January 2020, the price of a single-family home in the US has increased by 46 per cent, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller index. With gains of 5.5 per cent in the year to December....
...Yesterday featured a stronger than expected retail sales report and an Atlanta Fed GDPNow update which put fourth-quarter real growth at 2.4 per cent. If we are in a slowdown, it’s a very gentle one....
...The Nasdaq Composite closed 0.3 per cent higher while the S&P 500 dropped 0.1 per cent....
...The average first-time buyer deposit has risen from £22,600 to £68,700, increasing from 0.6 times average incomes to 1.2 times....
...Take a break from the news The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift’s 11th album is released today....
...The S&P Global/Cips UK construction purchasing managers’ index, a measure of the health of the industry, rose to 50.2 from 49.7 in February, the fourth consecutive month-on-month increase....
...Market Rotates on Fed Rate Cut ExpectationsIn the last 2 months of 2023, the number of expected rate cuts increased from 3 to 7. It has since fallen to 4½....
...L&G’s balance sheet investment unit was flat after a tougher second half for the property market, and its asset manager, Legal & General Investment Management, posted an expected fall in profit as higher...
...(Alphaville believes that using L’Oréal as an O is cheating, even if it makes your acronym look nicer.)...
...Howard and Rockwell visibly have a ball, though. ★★☆☆☆ In UK and US cinemas from February 2...
...Growth was slowest in L’Oréal’s luxury division, which improved 3.2 per cent....
...Despite the market turmoil, Taylor Wimpey’s shares are up 2 per cent in the year to date. Housebuilders have proved good picks if investors buy near the bottom of downturns....
...Brown’s plans for Rycote are lost but a clue to the extent of his work here comes from £2,500 deposited in his Drummond’s Bank account by Rycote’s then owner Lord Abingdon....
...Trading was halted in Hong Kong-listed shares of the world’s most indebted property developer and two of its subsidiaries after the ruling. Here’s more on the uncertain next phase for the group. 2....
...Here’s what I’m keeping tabs on today: Markets: The S&P 500 will be in focus today after the US equity index closed at a record high on Friday following strong results from Meta and Amazon....
...Sir Nigel Wilson, chief executive of L&G, said that meeting the UK’s housing needs required “national and local collaboration coupled with modernisation of planning and construction, improvements to funding...
...Property prices rose 4.1 per cent in Northern Ireland and by 2.6 per cent in Scotland, but fell 4.5 per cent in the south-east of England....
...The group has just $2.6bn of offshore debt, compared with more than $20bn at Evergrande....
International Edition