Banks want Treasury support for housing market
Mortgage lenders piled pressure on the Treasury yesterday to assist Britain's ailing housing market, by calling for the Government to help to fund new home loa…
Beckett pledges further housing action
Housing minister Margaret Beckett pledged to do more to revive the flagging housing market in her first speech as the new minister. Speaking at a Home Builder…
Bank of England comes under pressure to slash interest rates
Pressure was mounting on the last night to deliver an unprecedented cut in interest rates tomorrow as a rush of figures showed the economy heading deeper into…
Builders hit by Nationwide pricing policy
Nationwide Building Society risks depressing new home prices through an overly strict approach to valuations, according to leading housebuil
Government funds could 'kick-start' construction work projects
from Careerstructure.com Stalled construction work in the housing sector could be kick-started by using government money, it has been stated. Responding to rec…
HBF calls on government to act on mortgages
The government needs "to push through" the measures it has set-up to boost mortgage lending in the UK, according to the Home Builders Foundation (HBF).
Calls for a 1pc cut grow
There has not been a cut of this size since the depths of the last recession in 1992. However, experts warned that the bank often acts 'too late' and said 'bol…
New home restrictions to 'impact' on buidling industry
The battle to protect the West Midlands green belt took a new twist yesterday when the country?s biggest construction lobby group claimed builders would be put…
What's your business plan, Mr Cameron?
If the number of people queueing to get into Bloomberg?s London?s headquarters last Monday morning was anything to go by, the City is desperate to discover wha…
First timers need savings help
Almost 80% of Britons believe the government should encourage first-time homebuyers to start saving regularly by establishing a national deposit savings scheme…
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