Brexit effect hits commercial property market

The commercial property market is having to deal with a drop in confidence and investor demand after Brexit , according to Q2 UK Commercial Property Market Survey by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). The RICS highlights in their headline: ‘Sentiment significantly dampened by Brexit vote’. Investment demand falls sharply with London seeing the…

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June House Prices rise by 0.6%

LSL Property Services / Acadata England and Wales House Price Index (HPI) June 2016 headlines ‘House Prices in June continue to rise by 0.6%’. Transaction numbers climb back to 2015 levels but Brexit looms large London house prices fall 1.4% (£8,400) month – on – month – largest fall since May 2011 Slough and Luton…

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Brexit: business as usual?

It’s now been three weeks since Britain voted to leave the EU. Since then, many of the key political players have left the stage; David Cameron has resigned, Nigel Farage has stepped down and many leading Brexiteers have faded into the background. The pound has plummeted to a 31-year low and the stock markets have…

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Bank of England keeps interest rates on hold

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The Bank of England (BoE) yesterday announced that the interest rate was to remain at 0.5%, they voted by a majority of 8-1  to maintain the present Base Rate. This was the  the first meeting of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) following the UK’s momentous Brexit decision,  it was also the first…

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Homes prices drop after Brexit

The home.co.uk Asking Price Index released this week headlines ‘Brexit ends 19-month House Price Rally’ Top of the headlines list was. Britain’s post-crisis success story ends in fear as home prices drop after Brexit. Brexit woes pop the London bubble as prices slide 1.1% in just one month. Prices fell in four English regions and…

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One of the first indicators on house prices after ‘Brexit”

All eyes this week will be on the figures out from The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), they will be one of  the first indicators  as to the direction of house prices following  Britain’s decision to leave the EU. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors will release details this  Thursday as to whether its…

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Now’s the right time to show some Brexit bottle

On the day after the EU referendum vote I jetted off with the family to Greece. I just fancied somewhere hot and politically stable. For two weeks I avoided social media like a room full of Russian football fans, swerved the newsstands and switched off totally. Proper jelly head. I’m now back and having scanned…

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BREXIT IS IT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM?

Well Brexit has come and……..gone? Whichever way you may have voted, whether you like it or not the result is to leave the EU.                    THIS DOES NOT MEAN WE ARE LEAVING EUROPE!! Almost half the population wanted to stay, just over half the population wanted to…

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Possible cut to UK interest rates next week.

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Analysts are expecting lower interest rates to come as early as next week, a new low of 0.25% can now be expected in an attempt to boost a flagging economy post “Brexit”. In the immediate wake of the referendum result last week, Governor of The Bank of England,  Mark Carney has hinted at further stimulus…

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Are Housebuilders Being affected by “Brexit”?

Property stocks dropped on Tuesday with real estate investment trusts dropping after Standard Life Investments suspended trading in a real estate fund and housebuilders slumping on worries about the sector’s outlook after a Brexit. Taylor Wimpey share price dropped almost 10p down to 121p, Brexit has provided media  with the opportunity to turn a drama…

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Aston Mead calls for calm following #Brexit vote

One of the UK’s leading land brokers has called for calm in the property sector, following Britain’s referendum vote to leave the European Union. Adam Hesse, Director at Aston Mead Land & Planning says that despite the Remain camp’s previous warnings of disaster, remarkably little has changed in the first 12 days since the vote.…

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Overseas property after Brexit

Brexit appears to be a nailed on certainty from here on, even though article 50 needs to be invoked by the government in power and from what we are hearing from the media this will not happen until we have a new Prime Minister in place, even then there will be negotiations that will take…

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Boris withdraws from Leadership Race

The big surprise yesterday was that the staunch favourite Boris Johnson withdrew from the Conservative Leadership race and that his partner in the Leave campaign Michael Gove entered it. Yesterday (Thursday) marked the deadline for politicians to enter their bids for the leadership race. The 1922 committee announced the five official candidates. They are: Theresa…

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House Builders get demolished in the markets.

One of the major downsides to the UK voting out last thursday was the negative reaction across the markets,  the FTSE dropped the least when compared to other exchanges, the Brexit vote has caused an air of uncertainty that extends far beyond the UK and Europe and looks like continuing for some while yet. One…

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