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Property transactions fall

Property market grinding to a halt as transaction levels fall by almost a quarter

The latest research by property purchasing specialist, House Buyer Bureau , has revealed that the UK property market is grinding to a halt, with the average level of monthly transaction over the last six months falling by almost a quarter compared to the previous six months - although in some areas this decline is as high as 43%.

House Buyer Bureau analysed sales volume data from the...

Government spending

Government spending hits £1.192bn - Here’s what they’re spending it on

Research by RIFT Tax Refunds has revealed that while the UK Government spends the equivalent of almost 52% of GDP a year on delivering public goods, services and providing social protection, it ranks just 11th of all OECD nations where this level of investment is concerned.

From health to defence and environmental protection, governments around the world are tasked with finding the...

Estate agents

Nation’s busiest cities to be an estate agent revealed

The latest property market analysis by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk , has revealed that estate agents are currently at their busiest in Liverpool, with 21 homes listed for every agent in the city.

GetAgent analysed the number of current property listings across 25 major UK cities and what this equates to in terms of listings per agent to reveal where the nation’s...

Compliance

76% of consumers prepared to boycott convenience stores over compliance failures

Research by digital identity specialists, ID Crypt Global , has found that 65% of UK consumers believe their local supermarket or convenience store contributes to the issue of under age drinking and smoking, with 39% stating that in doing so, they are causing a real issue within their local area.

The survey of 2,645 UK consumers conducted by ID Crypt Global revealed that 39% of...

Over half of us don’t know what our council tax goes towards - here’s the breakdown

The latest research by RIFT Tax Refunds has revealed just exactly where our council tax goes, as over half of the general public (55%) aren’t aware what they contribute to, while 81% feel that the 18% increase in the average cost of council tax over the last five years is unjustified.

In last week’s Autumn Budget, the government revealed that millions of households will be facing a...

Buy to let property

Buy-to-let yields remain flat year on year and here are the property pockets bucking the trend

The latest research from peer to peer investment platform, Sourced Capital , has revealed that buy-to-let rental yields have remained largely flat, up just 0.1% year on year.

In England, they’ve fallen by -0.1% while regionally London has seen an even greater decline with a drop of -0.2%.

However, this hasn’t been the case everywhere. The North East has seen an annual...