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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…

Builders urge lenders to ease criteria

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

'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 …

Builders feel the worst is over

The UK housing market is showing the first signs of an upturn in three years.

Clampdown threatens 13% hike in labour costs

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

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 …

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 …

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…

29/09/2009: Unite: Meeting Housing Need: Building Britain out of recession

Meeting Housing Need: Building Britain out of recession

Planning approvals and house sales rise

Local authorities approved increasing numbers of residential planning applications in the last quarter of 2012 - al