National Records of Scotland (NRS) has recently published ‘Scotland’s Population 2015 – the Registrar General’s Annual Review of Demographic Trends’, which gives an interesting insight into population and relationship trends across Scotland. With regards to relationships, the report on Scotland’s Population revealed that: There were 29,691 marriages in Scotland in 2015. Of these, 1,671 were…
The latest House Price Index from Halifax has revealed a 1.6% increase in house prices in the three months to July, compared to the previous three months. This exceeds the 1.1% increase seen in June, and is similar to the rates recorded in April and May (both 1.5%). The analysis also shows that prices in…
According to a recent study from the US, financial factors such as a wife’s ability to support herself are not necessarily predictive of divorce. Instead, it is couples’ division of labour that is associated with the risk of divorce. The study, from Harvard University, compared couples married in 1974 or earlier with couples married in…
An interesting piece of research released recently by Lloyds Bank has revealed that living close to a well-known supermarket chain can add as much as £22,000 on average to the value of your home. This price increase can apparently be even higher when the property is located near to a supermarket perceived to be a…
A former model, who was seeking £196 million as a divorce settlement from her ex-husband, has been awarded £53 million by the High Court in London, reports the BBC. When her own assets are added they bring the total settlement amount to around £75 million. Christina Estrada had been married to Sheikh Walid Juffali, a…
A recent study from America has found that when it comes to failing marriages, women are more likely to blame their spouse than men, but are also more likely to move on without regrets. The study, by legal search company Avvo Inc, revealed that when asked who was responsible for the end of their marriage,…
The news that actor Johnny Depp and his wife Amber Heard are to divorce after only 15 months of marriage has been widely reported in the media. The latest reports suggest that the couple did not sign a prenuptial agreement before getting married. Having a prenuptial agreement in place can be beneficial for many marriages,…
Activity in the Scottish housing market slowed during May, as a decline in new properties coming on to the market was accompanied by a drop in new buyer enquiries. This was the finding of the latest RICS UK Residential Market Survey, which revealed that a net balance of 13% more chartered surveyors reported a fall…
As many as 2.87 million people across the UK are living in relationships which would be described within clinical practice as distressed, according a new study by relationship charity Relate. This amounts to 18% of married or cohabiting couples and 1.4 million UK families. A distressed relationship is one with a severe level of relationship…
The proportion of people who believe couples shouldn’t have to get married before having children (35%) is, for the first time, almost the same as the proportion who believe marriage should come first (37%), according to new analysis of NatCen’s British Social Attitudes survey. Back in 1989, seven in ten people (70%) felt that couples…
