UK house prices rise at fastest rate on record

2019 general election result provided period of ‘stability’ following Brexit uncertainty Photograph: Yui Mok/PA – VKM Mortgage brokers claim no rights to this image UK house prices rose over the last month at the fastest rate on record for the time of...
The Skipton raises £250k for Alzheimer’s Society

The Skipton raises £250k for Alzheimer’s Society

A three-year fundraising campaign by the Skipton Building Society has raised a quarter of a million pounds to support the battle against dementia. Seven PHD dementia research students at the Bradford Doctoral Training Centre have been funded by the Society’s £250,000...

Does a local Lidl really bring down house prices?

Houses near a Waitrose are worth 12% more than average – and now three of its supermarkets have been sold to Lidl. But the discounter’s arrival might not be all bad news … Waitrose has sold off three of its supermarkets to Lidl, sparking a wave of...

Leasehold reform is ‘inevitable’

The Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) believes that leasehold reform is higher on the political agenda than it has been in a generation.  The government has already published its proposals to reform the sector, and a recent Labour...