Monday, 19 December 2016

Increase In Property Companies In 'Financial Distress' As Housing Market Slows To A Crawl

Almost one in five companies in the British property industry are in financial distress after a year in which it was hit with slowing market activity as a result of changes to stamp duty an uncertainty surrounding the referendum. More than 25,000 companies in the industry – equivalent to 18.3pc of real estate companies including property managers, residential landlords and lettings agents – are in this state, according to research from Begbies Traynor, the insolvency specialists. The number is some 6.6pc higher than at the same time last year. Read more on the Daily Telegraph website.

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