MARKET REPORT: Builders soar on Help to Buy hopes

Help to Buy hearsay boosted shares in some of Britain’s biggest housebuilders.  Ministers are preparing to extend the controversial scheme aimed at getting young people on the property ladder beyond its December deadline, reports say.  Introduced in 2013, the loan programme allows people to buy a new-build house with a small deposit, and developers say … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Indivior shares soar as scandal ends

MARKET REPORT: Conclusion to US criminal investigation puts rocket under shares in pharmaceuticals group Indivior By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 24 July 2020 | Updated: 22:07 BST, 24 July 2020 The conclusion to a US criminal investigation put a rocket under shares in pharmaceuticals group Indivior.  The Slough firm agreed … Read more

MARKET REPORT: Stamp duty hopes give builders £1.7bn boost

More than £1.7billion was added to the value of Britain’s biggest housebuilders on hopes the Chancellor will cut stamp duty.  Rishi Sunak is expected to propose raising the levy’s threshold so that it would only apply to properties valued at £500,000 or more, instead of the current £125,000.  The changes are expected to be unveiled … Read more