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House costs report first annual fall in additional than a decade
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House costs report first annual fall in additional than a decade

The UK has recorded its first annual contraction in home costs in additional than 10 years after rising rates of interest piled strain on mortgage debtors, new analysis from Halifax reveals.The mortgage lender mentioned home costs had been 1%, or £3,000, decrease in May than they had been in the identical month final yr, marking the primary annual decline since 2012. However, the common worth of a home within the UK continues to be £25,000 increased than it was two years in the past, and £5,000 increased than the extent recorded on the finish of final yr.The worth of property boomed over the pandemic, when demand was boosted by the stamp responsibility tax break and the race for house that adopted the growth of working from house.Average home costs peaked at round £294,000 in...
Daily Telegraph inches nearer to sale after financial institution seizes management of guardian agency
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Daily Telegraph inches nearer to sale after financial institution seizes management of guardian agency

The Daily Telegraph newspaper has inched nearer to a sale after Lloyds Banking Group seized management of its guardian agency over unpaid loans and positioned it within the arms of receivers.Sky News has beforehand reported how the financial institution was understood to have undertaken the drastic transfer and was within the technique of appointing funding banks to deal with an public sale of the press pack. It is known to worth the Telegraph, its sister Sunday paper and The Spectator journal at £600m.They are contained throughout the worthwhile Press Acquisitions division of B.UK Ltd, which is managed by the Barclay household.The division additionally contains the Telegraph Media Group. Lloyds appointed AlixPartners to behave as receiver over B.UK after...