Rising property prices will fade next year with average home losing £7,350, Google search data shows

Housing prices are expected to fall next year after the post-lockdown market boom fizzles out, experts have warned.  The initial housing boom was partly fuelled by pent-up buyer demand as the nation emerged from lockdown, various housing market reports have suggested.  Stamp duty tax cuts announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak also led to increased demand.  … Read more

Katie Price’s daughter Princess wears a full face of makeup and false lashes for cute selfie

Katie Price’s daughter Princess, 13, dons a full face of makeup and false lashes as she copies her mum’s famous pout for cute selfie By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 09:20 BST, 16 September 2020 | Updated: 09:25 BST, 16 September 2020 She was recently left devastated when her pet puppy Rolo passed away. But … Read more

House sales frenzy: Properties selling for well over the asking prices

Britain’s house buyers have gone bonkers as prices soar to record highs. Estate agents told Money Mail ‘frantic’ buyers are battling over spacious family homes, coastal boltholes and rural retreats. They say the Chancellor’s stamp duty holiday has ‘turbocharged’ a housing market that was already buoyant after lockdown ended. But with rising unemployment forecast, and … Read more

Challenger energy supplier Bulb hikes prices for second time this year

Experts warn hosueholds to beware autumn price hikes from energy firms as Bulb raises electricity tariff for second time this year Bulb to hike electricity bills by £53 a year from Sunday 18 October It had already increased its average electricity tariff in March by £22 a year The supplier said wholesale prices have picked … Read more

House prices to fall 14% next year, Cebr says

House prices will fall by almost 14 per cent next year when the stamp duty holiday comes to an end and job losses rise further, a think-tank has warned.  Economists at the the Centre for Economics and Business Research made the gloomy prediction that a slump will follow the current mini-boom, with pent-up demand that built … Read more

Trump says he has signed new executive order to lower drug prices

Donald Trump said on Sunday he had signed a new executive order aimed at lowering drug prices in the United States by linking them to those of other nations. ‘My Most Favored Nation order will ensure that our Country gets the same low price Big Pharma gives to other countries. The days of global freeriding … Read more

Virtually all parts of Britain are now seeing prices increase

House price growth stood at the strongest level since 2016 last month, a new closely-watched survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors today revealed.  ‘Virtually all parts of the UK are now seeing prices increase’ to some extent, with buyers facing a ‘sharp acceleration’ in prices up and down the country in August, the … Read more

Britain’s post-lockdown property boom: UK house prices hit record high

UK house prices have hit a record high following a post-lockdown boom, with the average home now worth £245,747. A newly-released report by Halifax said property prices  were 5.2% higher than the same month a year earlier and property values were up by 1.6% month on month. But with household incomes under pressure and job loss … Read more

Canalys: Wearables grew last Q2 2020 as prices went down

Canalys research group often reports on its observations about smartphones and other technologies. We recently shared how Samsung was overtaken by Huawei last second quarter (Q2) in the global phone market. There was also Vivo beating Samsung as the second major phone brand in India. This time, Canalys is sharing about the wearables market growing … Read more