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Annual house price growth reached its highest level for nearly seven years in May at 10.9%, according to the latest index from Nationwide.
Average prices across the UK hit a new record of £242,832 – up £23,930 over the past twelve months.
Month-on-month prices grew by 1.8%, down slightly from 2.3% in April.
Nationwide chief economist Robert Gardener says: “The market has seen a complete turnaround over the past twelve months.
“A year ago, activity collapsed in the wake of the first lockdown with housing transactions falling to a record low of 42,000 in April 2020.
“But activity surged towards the end of last year and into 2021, reaching a record high of 183,000 in March.
2021-05-14 09:05:59
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On May 13, 2021, members of the State Great Hural (Parliament) of Mongolia G.Amartuvshin and Kh.Gankhuyag held a virtual meeting with H.E. Philip Malone, Ambassador of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) to Mongolia and Mr. Daniel Kawczynski, the UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Mongolia. The meeting was attended by H.E. N.Tulga, Ambassador of Mongolia to the UK, and Mr. Robert Gardener, the Director of Government Affairs at Hogan Lovells in London.
At the beginning of the meeting, Mr. G.Amartuvshin MP, congratulated Mr. Daniel Kawczynski on his appointment as the Trade Envoy and expressed his wish to meet in person in Ulaanbaatar as the COVID-19 pandemic situation subsides. Also, he thanked Ambassador Philip Malone for his support in organizing the meeting and noted their close collaboration to expand bilateral relations and cooperation. “We are working to establish a sub-Committee on For
Annual house price growth rebounded from 5.7 per cent in March to 7.1 per cent in April. The new record high average house price of £238,831 went up by £15,916 over the past 12 months. Nationwide s Chief Economist, Robert Gardener, said: Just as expectations of the end of the stamp duty holiday led to a slowdown in house price growth in March, so the extension of the stamp duty holiday in the Budget prompted a re-acceleration in April. Further ahead, the outlook for the market is far more uncertain.
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Stabbing neighbour, knife thug and repulsive paedophile jailed this week
An overview of the most serious cases linked to Merseyside over the last seven days
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These are the faces of 15 criminals locked up for crimes linked to Merseyside this past week.
One judge had to deal with a pair of brothers behind a huge cocaine conspiracy that was backed up by an arsenal of guns and grenades.
A court heard about a young knife thug and his mum who tried to help smuggle tens of thousands of pounds of drugs and other illicit items in prison
Judges had to sentence repulsive paedophiles who ruined the lives of young girls and in one instance even had the gall to blame their victim.