Home Counties prime resi listings see 10 per cent price drop

Home Counties prime resi listings see 10 per cent price drop

Prime residential property in the Home Counties is seeing “significant price reductions” of up to 10 per cent on average since June last year, research has shown. According to research from Investec,... Read more »
Buyer’s market: London house prices down 4.8 per cent reports Halifax

Buyer’s market: London house prices down 4.8 per cent reports Halifax

T he typical London house price is down £26,514 over the last year, according to the latest Halifax index. Prices have falled 4.8 per cent in the capital as mortgage rates force... Read more »
cygnet numbers in London drop by 40 per cent

cygnet numbers in London drop by 40 per cent

The recent annual swan census saw numbers drop to 94 from 155 in 2022 (AP) A historic Royal data search – known as ‘swan upping’ – has revealed the number of baby... Read more »
Businesses slam Sadiq Khan’s cycling tsar’s claim that LTNs boost trade by 40 per cent

Businesses slam Sadiq Khan’s cycling tsar’s claim that LTNs boost trade by 40 per cent

When Sadiq Khan’s cycling tsar went on a podcast to brag how business has boomed across London thanks to Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs), small traders felt in their bones this was wrong. ... Read more »
100 per cent affordable scheme for first-time buyers proposed in East London

100 per cent affordable scheme for first-time buyers proposed in East London

Affordable housing developer Pocket Living has submitted a planning application for 74 affordable homes for local first-time buyers on land adjacent to Snaresbrook station in East London. The submission also includes plans... Read more »
South east London wages rise by less than six per cent as inflation soars

South east London wages rise by less than six per cent as inflation soars

Average wages in south east London have risen by less than 6 per cent as the cost of living crisis begins to bite and real wages continue to fall across the UK,... Read more »
London Underground: TfL fares on Tube and London buses could rise by another 10 per cent, Sadiq Khan warns

London Underground: TfL fares on Tube and London buses could rise by another 10 per cent, Sadiq Khan warns

Ministers could force Transport for London (TfL) to hike fares from next year by as much as 10 per cent, Sadiq Khan has warned. TfL fares already rose by nearly five per... Read more »
Covid infections in London rocket by almost 50 per cent in a week

Covid infections in London rocket by almost 50 per cent in a week

There has also been a 28 per cent increase in the number of people with the virus being admitted to hospital in the capital, with the number of beds occupied by Covid... Read more »
Wandsworth borough has 33 per cent more women in their 20s than males

Wandsworth borough has 33 per cent more women in their 20s than males

Single men could have better luck finding a partner in one south London borough than anywhere else in the country. This is because Wandsworth has 33 per cent more women in their 20s... Read more »
Huge 22.5 per cent rent rise in prime London, says Lo…

Huge 22.5 per cent rent rise in prime London, says Lo…

Rents in prime areas of London are rocketing at an annual level of 22.5 per cent according to LonRes.  Despite the falls recorded when the pandemic hit, average rents – buoyed by... Read more »