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'Upturn signs' in housing market

The housing market is showing the first signs of an upturn since 2006, the Home Builders Federation (HBF) has said. The body's survey of Britain's major home …

Clampdown threatens 13% hike in labour costs

Government determined to force through plan to put all construction workers on PAYE system

Builders urge lenders to ease criteria

Homebuilders have called on banks and building societies to ease criteria on mortgages for new-build properties.

Builders ask lenders to ease criteria for new homes

Homebuilders have called on banks and building societies to ease criteria on mortgages for new-build properties. John Stewart, the director of economic affair…

Green shoots of recovery?

Is house building finally coming out of the doldrums?

Man of the house

John Healey is the latest in a long line of Labour housing ministers ? and he plans to stay in the job long enough to solve Britain?s housing problems ?It is …

Construction jobs to gain from £10m scheme

The UK government?s Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has announced plans to inject ?10m of funding into stalled housing projects across the country. The aim …

Room to breed: Spacious new homes designed for families are back in fashion

Property booms don't always mean better housing. In fact, when the market was rocketing, the standard of new homes plummeted almost in equal measure as develop…

Million home backlog expected by 2010

Housing production has hit an 80 year low and could take seven years to recover. The shortfall in new homes for 2009 could fill a city the size of Nottingham,…

Shapps: we'll be a nation of builders

09/10/2009 | By Caroline Thorpe, Philippa Ward The Conservatives will attempt to position themselves as the party that will turn Britain into a ?nation of hou…