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Private sector registrations up quarterly but below levels needed - NHBC

Private sector new home registrations rose 6% between July and September 2011 against the same period last year, latest NHBC registrations show.

HCA picks new board members

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has appointed three new members to its board.

Sentiment index reveals gloomy house price expectations

Home owners are at their most downbeat about the outlook for house prices since the Spring, according to Knight Frank/Markit’s House Price Sentiment Index (HPS…

Gentoo to launch mortgage-free purchase plan

Gentoo Group has been granted approval for a new home purchase plan which will allow first time buyers and people renting long-term to buy a home without needi…

Laing O'Rourke halts future work at Explore Living

Bellway sees 50% profit surge as sales rise

Dutch consultant buys EC Harris

250,000 homes "before end of parliament" - Berry

The government hopes to reach its goal of building 250,000 homes before the end of its parliamentary term, Jake Berry MP has said.

Dromey calls for "great national housing movement"

A “great national movement” on housing is needed in which housing is placed centre stage, Jack Dromey, shadow communities minister has said at the Housing Mark…

Lively debates at the HMI conference

Housebuilder's Housing Market Intelligence conference saw a lively morning session covering the National Planning Policy Framework, mortgages and housing suppl…