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The rush in landlords trying to buy property before the hike in stamp duty has led to the average asking price of newly-listed homes jumping by 1.3% in the last month; the new average is £307,033....

A group of MPs has said that HM Revenue and Customs is not taking enough action to tackle tax fraud.The MPs from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) believes that the public are missing out on around...

The steering committee of the International Monetary Fund has called on its member countries to adopt more “growth friendly” spending in order to boost the slowing global economy. Christine Lagarde,...

According to figures from the ONS, the number of new homes built in the UK hit a record high in February, but this was not enough to prevent the construction sector as a whole from shrinking. The...

While a final decision is yet to be made over whether not the proposed acquisition of Telefónica’s O2 by CK Hutchinson will be allowed, antitrust regulators at the European parliament are leaning...

The latest report from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) claims that the upcoming referendum on our EU membership and the recently implemented stamp duty increase has led to “a climate...

Cementing the Bank of England’s anti-Brexit position, minutes from its Monetary Policy Committee’s latest meeting contain talk of uncertainty and slowing of economic growth that they feel would follow...

According to the Office for National Statistics inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index increased to 0.5% in March, a 0.2% increase from the previous month. The jump was largely driven by an...

Sam Woods, one of the officials behind the bank ring-fencing rules, has been named as a new deputy governor of the Bank of England. Many see this appointment as a reward from George Osborne for the...

According to the Office for National Statistics, house prices across the UK grew 7.6% in the year to February, led by an 11.4% jump in average prices in the south-east of the country. The average...