Follow Real Estate Jun, let’s take a look at what news is worth paying attention to in the UK today:
- official data shows that in the past year, the number of net immigration in the UK has hit a record high of 504,000, even surpassing the level before Britain’s Brexit . This growth stems from the surge in the number of foreign citizens living, studying and working in the UK...
- Thanks to the high-tech 3D scanner , UK airports are expected to lift security restrictions on liquids and laptops in passengers’ hand luggage within two years...
- This Thursday, faculty and staff from 150 universities in the UK held a three-day strike; Scottish teachers also held since 198 The first general strike across the Soviet Union since the 2000s...
- According to reports, Royal Mail employees have launched a 48-hour strike. The retail industry warned that this action may affect the "Black Friday Discount Season"...
- British police took action on the UK's largest online fraud case. More than 100 people have been arrested in the operation. The UK is expected to be victimized by 200,000 people, with losses of up to 50 million pounds...
- Survey shows that due to the pressure brought by the cost of living crisis, more than one million people may postpone buying a house, which may further push up rental demand...
[ UK net immigration number hits a record high ]
UK National Bureau of Statistics The latest data from (ONS) shows that the number of net immigration in the UK has hit a record high of 504,000 in the past year, even surpassing the level before Brexit.
According to ONS statistics, the number of net immigration in the UK was 173,000 in the year ended June 2021, while the number increased to 504,000 in the year ended June 2022, an increase of 331,000 in just one year. This is also 170,000 more than the record set in 2015 (net immigration of 331,000).
ONS pointed out that the growth of net immigration in mainly stems from the surge in the number of foreign citizens living, studying and working in the UK. In the year to June this year, the number of foreign citizens who received visas in the UK exceeded 1 million for the first time.
Specifically, in the year ended June 2022, 1.1 million people came to live in the UK, an increase of 435,000 over the previous year. Data from the independent Ministry of Home Affairs also shows that in the year to September this year, the number of people who have obtained residence rights in the UK has increased to 1.4 million.
It is worth mentioning that the surge in the number of immigration is mainly driven by , which is driven by non-EU citizens. As of June 2022, non-EU nationals accounted for 66% of the total number of immigrants, an increase of 379,000 over the previous year, while the number of EU immigrants stabilized at around 224,000.
In addition, In terms of immigration types, the proportion of students is the largest, with 277,000 immigrants, almost twice that of the previous year (143,000).
ONS said this may be caused by the students who ended their overseas distance learning during the epidemic and returned to the UK to take classes.
【UK airports may relax security restrictions on liquids 】
According to media reports, thanks to high-tech 3D scanners, UK airports are expected to lift security restrictions on liquids and laptops in passengers' hand luggage within two years.
Some sources said the government is considering launching a more advanced scanner by mid-2024.
At that time, passengers will not be required to carry less than 100 ml of liquid when passing airport security checks, and they will no longer need to take out their laptop or tablet from their luggage for separate inspections.
According to the current regulations of the UK airport, the amount of liquid carried by passengers in their carry-on luggage cannot exceed 100 ml, and the bottle must be placed in a single transparent sealed plastic bag. At the same time, passengers must also take out electronic products such as laptops and tablets for separate inspections.
It is reported that the new equipment used in the airport will be similar to the CT scanner used by the hospital, which can display items in the package more clearly, and can also allow staff to enlarge the display and rotate the image for inspection.
At present, Heathrow Airport , Gatwick Airport and Birmingham Airport are testing new equipment. The airport believes that this move can greatly reduce the queues at UK airports.
【British College Strike 】
On November 24th local time (this Thursday), faculty and staff of 150 UK universities held a three-day strike. More than 70,000 employees are expected to participate in the strike, which will be held on November 24 (this Thursday), November 25 (this Friday) and November 30 (this Wednesday).
union representing teachers Universities and Colleges (UCU) said the strike was "the largest strike in the history of British higher education" and an estimated 2.5 million students may be affected.
In addition to the UCU strike, in Scotland, teachers also held the first Soviet-wide school strike since the 1980s.
Because the EIS union responsible for the strike represents about 80% of Scotland's teachers, its actions have had a huge impact, resulting in the forced closure of almost all primary and secondary schools in Scotland, and many early education centers and nurseries have also been affected.
EIS also warned that the possibility of further strikes in December is not ruled out.
The agency also said that primary school teachers plan to strike on January 10 next year, and middle school teachers plan to strike the next day, and further strike in February.
[Royal Mail employees hold strike]
According to reports, Royal Mail employees have launched a 48-hour strike, and the retail industry warned that the action may affect the "Black Friday discount season."
participated in the strike by 115,000 employees from the CWU union. Media said that in addition to the strikes held on Thursday and Friday, the CWU union plans to hold strikes on November 30 and December 1.
At the same time, they also plan to hold more strikes on December 9th, 11th, 14th, 15th, 23rd and 24th.
Because strike time includes Christmas Eve, these strikes are expected to seriously affect people's online shopping activities and force more people to turn to stores rather than online stores.
In response to this, retail intelligence company Springboard predicts that offline retail venues will be very busy in the next few days. It predicts that during the Black Friday, the number of visits to retail venues will be 12.8% higher than the same period in 2021.
[British police take anti-fraud actions]
Recently, the British police took action on the largest online fraud case in the UK, and more than 100 people have been arrested in this operation.
At the same time, the British police also closed the illegal website iSpoof. It is reported that criminals use the services provided by this website to commit fraud.
criminals forged their real phone numbers through the website and made calls to the victims under the name of Barclays, NatWest, Halifax, or the tax bureau.
After obtaining the victim's trust, the criminal will ask the victim to enter a "one-time code" or account password in the phone, which will be intercepted by the iSpoof server and provided to the fraudster.
media said 59,000 criminals were expected to commit fraud through the website, and they paid their owners subscription fees ranging from hundreds to thousands of pounds when using the iSpoof service. This led to the illegal profit of the website owner of £3.2 million.
Currently, Teejai Fletcher, the suspect who planned the website, has been arrested and the court will hold a trial on the case in two weeks.
At the same time, criminals who use iSpoof to commit fraud have also defrauded huge amounts of money from victims.
Among them, the majority of the victims are from the United States (40%), followed by the United Kingdom (35%), as well as Australia and some other European countries. In the UK alone, 200,000 people are expected to be injured, with losses of up to £50 million.
The London Police Department said that the average victim lost about £10,000 per person, and the losses of victims even exceeded £3 million.
UK fraud and cybercrime National Reporting Centre Action Fraud pointed out that victims have reported £48 million in losses to date, but the actual figures may be much higher.
It is reported that the London Police Department plans to send text messages to 70,000 victims today and tomorrow, asking them to contact the police for evidence.
To prevent criminals from using text messages to commit fraud again, the police warned that the messages they sent would only link to the Action Fraud website and would only be sent from November 24 to 25.
Here, Real Estate Jun also reminds everyone that if you encounter unfamiliar calls in the future, you must be more careful and verify the other party’s identity information. Never disclose your bank password and other important information at will.
[Cost of Living Crisis may push up rental demand] A new survey by
Aviva shows that more than one million people may delay buying a house due to the pressure brought by the cost of living crisis, which may further push up rental demand.
It is reported that this survey mainly targets people under 45 who have never owned a property. It was found that nearly half of the respondents temporarily put aside their plans to buy a house and plan to find a house in the future. Another 16% said they had no intention of finding a house, and one in five pointed out that the cost of living crisis and the inflation of made them unable to afford a house.
At the same time, the survey also showed that buyers seem to underestimate the cost of mortgage loans. Among respondents of all ages, those who intend to buy or are buying their first property said they expect to pay an average of £196,700 for a home and expect to pay £25,210 as a down payment, expecting a monthly payment of £718.60 per month.
However, through the investigation, Aviva found that if the buyer applied for a two-year fixed-rate loan product, he would pay £1,103.86 per month, and if he signed a two-year tracking interest rate loan product, the monthly repayment would be £928.07 per month.
Experts believe that due to the current volatility of the mortgage market, many buyers will take a wait-and-see attitude, which means they will continue to turn to the rental market.
In addition, the study also found that parents and relatives still play a huge role in helping first-time home buyers buy houses.
According to the study, 12% of respondents said they want financial support from their parents to help them pay for their costs, and 4% said they want financial support from their grandparents.
In the youngest group (18-24 years old), this expectation is higher, with 15% hoping that their parents will help them and 6% hoping that their grandparents will help them.
Interestingly, grandparents are also generally more generous, and they will provide an average of £18,850 in cash and £16,990 in loans as support, while cash and loan support from parents are £17,730 and £14,130 respectively. According to this average, it means that families of first-time home buyers will provide their children with more than £23 billion in financial support.
or above is our daily content today. Please continue to pay attention to Real Estate Jun. We will continue to bring you the latest and most informative UK reports.
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