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HSBC offers £15 billion of home owner loans - FT

HSBC has announced plans to make £15 billion of loans available to home owners next year, reports have said.

Bellway selling 50 to 60 homes per week

Bellway’s interim management statement released yesterday (December 4) made for gloomy reading as the housebuilder stated that it had been selling just 50 to 6…

House prices fall again but market could be close to bottom - Halifax

House prices dropped another 2.5% in November but, according to Halifax, there are indications that housing market activity may be bottoming out, “albeit at a …

Government offers mortgage lifeline

The government yesterday (December 3) unveiled a scheme that will defer interest payments on mortgages for those who have lost their jobs or have taken a signi…

TOWARDSZERO - Level headed

Terry Keech, sustainability partner at property and construction consultant Calford Seaden, discusses the cost implications for housebuilders of achieving leve…

Regional snapshot - Northern Ireland - Ups & downs

The stricken Northern Ireland housebuilding market makes for grimmer reading than the UK. But as Steve Menary hears, those still able to develop could just gra…

Six of the best

In November, CABE and the Home Builders Federation (HBF) announced the winners of their Building For Life awards, now in its sixth year. The Building For Life …

Redrow chief joins HBF

Ecotowns shortlist may be cut after site assessments

Starts at lowest level since records began