HOUSE prices have dived by more than 13 per cent during the past year, wiping nearly £26,500 off the value of the average home, according to Britain's biggest mortgage lender.
The year-on-year rate of decline hit 13.3 per cent in September, the biggest fall ever recorded by the Halifax house price index.
The rate of decline was higher than previously thought after the group revised house prices for September last year u
pwards due to a seasonal adjustment for the month.
The average UK home now costs £172,108, around the same level as in January 2006.
New stores open at The LightARK and Superdry are the latest stores to open in Leeds shopping and leisure centre, The Light.
Men's and women's casual fashion wear outlet Superdry has taken a 3,000 sq ft unit on the Headrow, which joins a recently opened outlet in Manchester as one of the brand's flagship stores.
Branded fashion store Ark, which has re-located from the Corn Exchange, is trading from a 3,000 sq ft unit also on the Headrow.
The two new stores are both owned by Tom Edge,.
Tracking deal for MasternautLEEDS-based Masternaut Three X has won a major contract to provide a Europe-wide tracking solution to Currie European.
The contract covers the company's entire fleet of 420 trailers and 80 tractor units.
Currie European is headquartered in Dumfries and specialises in transport, logistics and warehousing.
Masternaut's tracking and vehicle useage information is designed to allow businesses to improve their cost control measures.
The real-time, web-based service will enable Currie European to provide customers with real-time information about their freight.
Steve Walls, business systems director at Currie European, said: "We have immediately implemented some of the Masternaut reporting functions to give us an instant and accurate view of vehicles idling their engines for more than 15 minutes and also to identify trailers that are at standstill."
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