- Monday, 08 May 2017
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UK house prices annual growth rate remained at 3.8%
House prices have stagnated over the past three months. Overall, prices in the three months to April were marginally lower than in the preceding three months; the first quarterly decline since November 2012. The annual rate of growth remained at 3.8% in April, the lowest rate since May 2013. Housing demand appears to have been curbed in recent months due to the deterioration in housing affordability caused by a sustained period of rapid house price growth during 2014-16.
Read more...- Thursday, 04 May 2017
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UK Services PMI rose to 55.8
UK service providers experienced a sustained rebound in business activity during April, supported by the fastest upturn in new work so far in 2017. Job creation also picked up to a four-month high, driven by renewed pressures on operating capacity. A strong pace of input cost inflation persisted in April, which contributed to the steepest rise in prices charged by service sector firms since July 2008. Meanwhile, service providers are confident about their prospects for growth over the year ahead, but the degree of optimism moderated for the third month running to its weakest since November 2016.
Read more...- Tuesday, 02 May 2017
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UK Manufacturing PMI at a three-year high
The start of the second quarter saw a solid improvement in the performance of the UK manufacturing sector. Rates of expansion in output, total new orders and new export work all gathered pace, underpinned by robust business confidence and driving further job creation.
Read more...- Monday, 24 April 2017
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Rightmove reports another record high for asking prices
The price of property coming to the market has hit anoher record high, up 1.1 per cent over the past month according to Rightmove. The increase is equivalent to £3,547 and takes the average asking price for homes new to the market to £313,655, exceeding the previous high of £310,471 set in June 2016.
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