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MPC holds interest rates at 5.5%

June 7, 2007

The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee has today voted to maintain the base interest rate at 5.5%. This will comfort housebuilders, who are concerned …

Spicerhaart calls for HIPs to be scrapped

June 6, 2007

Spicerhaart has called for home information packs (HIPs) to be scrapped after it has been forced to disband its HIPs provision department, HIPs.co.uk, followin…

Private housebuilding stagnates in first quarter

June 6, 2007

Private sector housebuilding levels are stagnating, according to NHBC’s latest quarterly statistics for February to April 2007.

Existing private sector homes\' energy efficiency lag

June 6, 2007

The nation’s existing private sector homes are less energy efficient than the social housing stock, according to latest statistics from the department for Comm…

Empty promises

June 1, 2007

Brain Game success

June 1, 2007