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Mortgage Sales Plunge by £5.8bn in December
December mortgage sales in the UK plummeted by 38% (£5.8 billion) on November, according to Equifax Touchstone analysis of the intermediary marketplace. Year-on-year sales dropped by 12.8% (£.1.4 billion).
Residential figures dropped…
UK Will Lose £237,823 Per Minute Without Access to the EU Single Market
If the UK leaves the EU in 2019 with no deal permitting access to the single market and customs union, it could cost the economy £237,823 every minute of every day in lost economic output by 2020.
It’s not just at home where the pinch…
The Rise of Bitcoin, the Birth of ICOs and the Future of Cryptocurrency
From its inception Bitcoin has led the rise of crypto culture worldwide, creating quite a roller-coaster economy in the digital currency sphere. Below Founder and CEO of Chaineum, Laurent Leloup talks Finance Monthly through the yesterday,…
What’s the Impact of US Government Shutdown on Markets & Stocks?
From the current situation in the US to oil and gambling stocks, Rebecca O’Keeffe, Head of Investment at interactive investor, shares some thoughts on this week’s news.
The huge importance of politics to equity markets might have led one…
Why Carillion Went into Liquidation
Carillion, one of the UK government’s biggest contractors, has collapsed, threatening the jobs of more than 43,000 employees as well as hundreds of subcontractors and smaller businesses.
Lex's deputy editor Jonathan Eley looks at the…
