New research by Santander Mortgages has revealed that families are prepared to spend an extra 12% for their chosen school catchment address, which amounts to an additional £26,800 on top of the average UK property price. The research also found that 24% of parents with school age children have either bought or rented a new…
Most relationships go through their share of difficult times, but some couples seem to weather these times better than others. A new study from the US has attempted to shed some light on this by looking at how some couples work to not only stay in the relationship but to also keep it moving forward….
A new study has found that shared custody arrangements between separated parents can be much less stressful for children than living full-time with one parent. It highlighted that shared custody in this case means the sharing of physical custody, where the child lives for a roughly equal time with each parent in their separate households….
Home owners looking to move up the property ladder face a number of different obstacles, and many believe it is harder to progress up the ladder than to get on it in the first place. This is the finding of new research by Lloyds Bank, which also revealed that more than half (52%) of those…
National Records of Scotland (NRS) has published ‘Scotland’s Population 2016 – the Registrar General’s Annual Review of Demographic Trends’. The Annual Review has been published every year since 1855 and gives an insight into the changing demographic profile of Scotland. The report also includes new data about births, adoptions, deaths, marriages and civil partnerships registered…
People who are married but thinking about divorce shouldn’t rush to act on these thoughts as there is a good chance they will change their mind. This is one of the findings from new US based research, which revealed that around 50% of those considering divorce had changed their mind twelve months later. The study,…
Newly released data from trade body UK Finance has revealed a rise in mortgage lending during the month of June. The figures show that in June, on a non-seasonally adjusted basis: First-time buyers borrowed £5.9bn, up 26% on the previous month and 9% on June 2016. This equated to 36,000 loans, up 22% month-on-month and…
New analysis has revealed which areas of Britain outside of London are home to the highest concentration of new build properties as a share of all property sales. According to the analysis, by Zoopla, Milton Keynes tops the list, with new homes accounting for over a third (33.2%) of property sales. Crewe is in second…
New analysis has shown that private pension wealth is the biggest component of household wealth in the UK, and has highlighted how important it is that this wealth is separated fairly in the event of divorce for the future financial well-being of both parties. The analysis by Aviva follows the latest statistical release on divorce…
Insight into Scotland’s Births, Deaths, and Marriages: Q1 2017 Statistics The latest figures from National Records of Scotland have given an insight into the numbers of births, deaths and marriages taking place in Scotland during the first quarter of 2017. According to the provisional figures there were 3,578 marriages in total, 66 more than during…
