{"id":139237,"date":"2023-09-19T20:04:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T13:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bq-owner-cashes-in-as-britons-improve-homes-rather-than-move\/"},"modified":"2023-09-19T20:08:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T13:08:53","slug":"bq-owner-cashes-in-as-britons-improve-homes-rather-than-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/bq-owner-cashes-in-as-britons-improve-homes-rather-than-move\/","title":{"rendered":"B&Q owner cashes in as Britons improve homes rather than move"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nKingfisher says people are staying put as mortgage interest rates and household bills soarBritish consumers are continuing to spend on improving their homes and gardens as an alternative to moving home amid soaring mortgage rates and a surge in household bills, according to the owner of B&Q and Screwfix.Sales at Kingfisher\u2019s UK and Irish business rose 1.7% in the six months to the end of July as homeowners bought 11% more insulation materials at B&Q in an attempt to offset winter heating bills and were also revamping bathrooms and gardens. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Kingfisher says people are staying put as mortgage interest rates and household bills soarBritish consumers...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-AdL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":171870,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/it-feels-unfair-the-britons-struggling-to-get-a-mortgage-since-iran-war-began\/","url_meta":{"origin":139237,"position":0},"title":"\u2018It feels unfair\u2019: the Britons struggling to get a mortgage since Iran war began","date":"May 29, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Whether first-time buyers, in between homes or refixing, people tell of impact of higher mortgage rates on housingProspects of cuts in UK interest rates in 2026, which were widely expected at the start of the year, were rapidly extinguished when the Iran war started at the end of February.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":68776,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/countryside-builds-more-homes-as-it-cashes-in-on-government-support\/","url_meta":{"origin":139237,"position":1},"title":"Countryside builds more homes as it cashes in on Government support","date":"October 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Countryside builds more homes as it cashes in on Government support","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":93227,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/manchester-airport-owner-cashes-in-as-rivals-suffer-capacity-crunch\/","url_meta":{"origin":139237,"position":2},"title":"Manchester Airport owner cashes in as rivals suffer capacity crunch\u00a0","date":"July 5, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Manchester Airport owner cashes in as rivals suffer capacity crunch\u00a0","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":59138,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/britons-are-used-to-low-interest-rates-a-hike-could-derail-household-finances\/","url_meta":{"origin":139237,"position":3},"title":"Britons are used to low interest rates \u2014 a hike could derail household finances","date":"June 28, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r \r \r Source : telegraph.co.uk\r Read more...Britons are used to low interest rates \u2014 a hike could derail household finances","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":136556,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/about-700000-uk-households-missed-rent-or-mortgage-payment-last-month\/","url_meta":{"origin":139237,"position":4},"title":"About 700,000 UK households missed rent or mortgage payment last month","date":"May 9, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Which? 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