Asking prices fall as sellers outnumber buyers
£1 billion social homes buy-up proposed
Crest offers customers fixed-rate mortgages
Crest is offering a 5.99% three year fixed rate deal to buyers at its Atrium scheme
Taylor Wimpey to write down value of landbank
Volume housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has announced that it is likely to write down the value of its landbank in the UK by £550 million.
Government and industry launch zero carbon hub
OFT posts further positive results for industry
Most new home buyers have suffered only minor defects with their home, whilst housebuilders are not holding onto land to prevent competition, the Office of Fai…
Review of residential property puts customers at centre
The Carsberg review of residential property has called for better protection and information to be available to customers when buying a new build home.
Shareholders question HBOS’s property market exposure
HBOS shareholders are putting pressure on the bank to provide detail about its exposure to the beleaguered housebuilding industry. The bank has a major interes…
Economists expect house prices to bottom out in 2009
A poll of economists from banks, building societies and other industry players found that 44% expected the housing market to bottom out in 2009, with a further…
CPA predicts starts will drop to lowest level in 60 years
The Construction Products Association has forecast that new home starts this year will drop to their lowest level since 1945. It expects 147,000 homes to be st…
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