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Industry welcomes 0.25% interest rate cut

Industry leaders broadly welcome efforts to revive economy by reducing interest rate from 5.25% Interest rates have been cut to 5% from 5.25% by the Bank of En…

HBF revises code of conduct to help lenders

New measures to ensure greater transparency for mortgage lenders on new build houses

OFT clears housebuilders - but raises zero-carbon fears

26 September 2008

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…

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…

Beckett promises to help revive market

New housing minister Margaret Beckett used her first speech in the job to promise house builders she is ?willing to listen? to the industry?s problems. Mrs Be…

OFT clears developers of hoarding

:09 OFT rejects hoarding claims The Office of Fair Trading has cleared developers of accusations that they hoard land to push up house prices. An OFT study fin…

House builders to set up code of conduct following OFT inquiry

The Office of Fair Trading has today announced its market study into housebuilders found that while the sector was 'broadly competitive', many homebuyers exper…

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…

Business leaders and unions unite to plead for immediate interest rate cut

Business leaders and trade unions yesterday appealed for a cut in interest rates as the British economy continues to struggle amid the worldwide financial cris…