All housing market articles
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NewsRegulator tells Barratt and Redrow to resolve local competition issues before £2.5bn merger can proceed
CMA raises concern about lessening of competition in one local market in Shropshire
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NewsUK housing demand ‘subdued’ by high borrowing costs, says RICS
Bank of England raise rates for twelfth successive month to 4.5%
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NewsGleeson to cut 15% of its roles under restructure
Housebuilder eyes £4m of savings a year as pre-tax profit falls by a third
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NewsUK housing market ‘muted’ as demand falls, warn surveyors
RICS records ninth successive month of surveyors recording falling demand
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FeaturesCan housing associations keep building as the rest of the market slows?
Thanks to subsidy, housing associations have typically carried on building through a downturn as the volume housebuilders slow down. But, there is now scepticism about whether they can do so this time around
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NewsHomes England launched to boost housing market
Agency replaces HCA with more planning and land buying powers
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CommentWhatever the spin, the housing market news looks to be getting worse
The numbers in the latest RICS housing market survey are negative however you look at them
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CommentFinally the plight of first-time house movers hits the national headlines
The spotlight has been turned on a hugely troublesome problem in the hosing market, but the conclusions being drawn are also worrying
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CommentGlimpses of improvement in housing market, but economic woes continue to dog prospects
House price indicators suggest average prices may be rising slightly, but in real terms prices remain in decline
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CommentThings may look slightly better in the housing market, but I wouldn’t get too excited
What are the medium-term prospects of the housing market?
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Comment
2011 is set to be worst year in decades for UK house sales
This could be the worst year for house sales in this recession
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CommentReasons to be cheerful as the official construction figures show output dropping
In an industry as changeable as ours you shouldn’t read too much into monthly figures
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CommentThe dials are set for a long period of flatlining but it's high house prices that bode ill for building
If we can’t shift houses that are already built, how can we build more?
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CommentMr Cameron, here’s how to build 500,000 homes and net £10bn for the Treasury – well maybe
Is David Cameron’s call for a ‘housing revolution’ too good to be true?
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CommentHousing market seems to be entering a new phase as economic worries grow
A potential further drop in transactions is concerning
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CommentDon’t read scare stories into the housing figures – we already know things are bad
The latest CLG housebuilding figures are in
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CommentUS foreclosure filings decline in first half of 2011, but the numbers are still scary
Should we be comforted by our housing market figures or more fearful, when we look a what’s happening across the Atlantic?
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CommentHalf-term report for the housing market 2011 – fragile and flatlining
The recent stats to emerge on the housing market make for worrying reading
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CommentEngland’s housing stock grows slower than the population for the first time in decades
The historic trend of increasing the pool of homes faster than population growth looks like going into reverse
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CommentLatest housing market weather reports suggest little break in the clouds post's title
House prices are bad, but no worse than we’ve come to expect