1. House prices expected to surge as buyer activity booms
Following growth of 1.5% in the year to October, Zoopla forecast on Friday that prices would increase by 2.5% in 2025 and by 7.5% over the coming three years.
2. FTSE 100 Live
BAE tumbles, leading stocks lower.
3. TI Fluid agrees to £1bn takeover offer from Apollo-backed business
Under the offer, TI Fluid shareholders will receive 200p per share, representing a 54.5% premium to the volume-weighted average price leading up to September 13, when the offer period commenced.
4. London witnessing M&A bonanza
“The biggest theme currently on the UK market is companies being gobbled up because they’re unloved and are going cheap,” AJ Bell’s investment analyst Dan Coatsworth told Proactive.
5. Google sued by Canadian watchdog for anti-competitive advertising practices
Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)-owned Google is accused of abusing its dominant position to maintain control over the advertising technology stack, distorting competition to the detriment of advertisers and publishers in Canada.