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MARKET REPORT: Shine comes off Petra Diamonds shares as it is rattled by lower diamond prices By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 17 February 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 17 February 2020 The shine came off Petra Diamonds shares as it was rattled by lower diamond prices. Revenue at the small-cap … Read more
Double glazing salesmen have not had the best reputation over the years, with some bad eggs using questionable tactics to get homeowners to part with their cash. Much like the BBC sitcom White Gold where actors Joe Thomas and James Buckley encourage customers to spend thousands of pounds on, often unnecessary, new windows, households up … Read more
House prices have risen across the country for the first time in 18 months amid a surge in confidence among buyers and sellers following the Tory election triumph. There has been ‘a noticeable pick-up’ in the housing market since Boris Johnson defeated Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn in December, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors said. But … Read more
House prices have only ever been as expensive as they are now compared to wages twice in the past 120 years. That one of those occasions was at the peak of the 2000s property boom will come as no great shock, but that the other was around the start of the 20th century might be … Read more
What do you want to happen to house prices? Amid the reams of data produced and words written on the property market, this is a question that rarely gets pondered. The past month has produced an even greater wave of house price reports for us to cover than usual, as we came not just to … Read more
Should there be Oscars for the most spectacular places on earth, plenty would deserve the lifetime achievement award, from Venice to the Taj Mahal. Yet lesser-known spots nearby may be every bit as inviting. With ‘overtourism’ affecting so many of our best-loved holiday destinations, it’s time to think laterally. Here’s what we suggest… Love Dubrovnik? … Read more
Revealed: Port Talbot had the highest growth in house prices in 2019, as towns offering homes for bargain rates top list of property hotspots South Wales town was identified as Zoopla’s top property hotspot for this year Cwbran, Wales, and Leigh, Manchester also saw high house price growth But Aberdeen and Witney in Oxfordshire saw … Read more
Homes in three Northern towns have fallen in value over the past decade, while in some parts of London prices have doubled compared to 2010, new analysis shows. House prices in Hartlepool, Redcar & Cleveland and Blackpool are lower than they were ten years ago. But all of the ten areas where house prices have … Read more
Earlier this week I took a trip down memory lane to This is Money as it was a decade ago. Prompted by a conversation in the office, I fired up the Wayback Machine – which lets you go hunting for archived web pages – and hopped back to This is Money circa late July 2009. … Read more