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The latest news, features, comment and analysis of the UK housebuilding market covering policy, regulation, planning, technology, new developments and products

First time buyer decline a social time bomb–New Homes Marketing Board

1 Nov 2007

Affordability approaching crisis levels in many regions–NHPAU

1 Nov 2007

UK debt unsustainable – new report

1 Nov 2007

Bankers report 27% fall in mortgage lending

1 Nov 2007

Ballymore to develop tallest residential tower

1 Nov 2007

Pathfinder pledge for continuing renewal

1 Nov 2007

Taylor Wimpey reports slowing market

31 Oct 2007

Taylor Wimpey has reported slowing market conditions in its latest latest trading update, issued today.

No-parking plans for the Olympic Games

24 Oct 2007

Olympic organisers have revealed plans to make the 2012 Olympics a no-go area for car parking.

Countrywide offers a lifeline to struggling US homeowners

24 Oct 2007

America’s biggest mortgage lender, Countrywide Financial, has announced a $16 billion plan to help tens of thousands of customers who may be at risk of losing their homes.

UK growth is a fallacy based on debt and house prices, says report

23 Oct 2007

The UK’s economic growth is built on debt masked by a housing boom that creates a false sense of wealth and encourages people to over-spend by drawing cash from their homes, a new report has said.