A Government scheme to help first-time buyers with 95% mortgages is already mired in controversy.
'It is just another 'new beginning' as the fourth developer limps off stage to boos and jeers.' So says Keith Garner of the Battersea Power Station Community Group as yet another redevelopment plan goes up in flames. Battersea Power Station is to be put back on the market after debt-laden owner Real...
The winner of MT's BMAC awards has reported a 64% jump in pre-tax profits. We told you it was good...
31 Jan 2011
| by Chris Blackhurst
The developers to the mega-rich have taken a few knocks lately: a court case over Chelsea Barracks, making a loss in 2010 and unsuccessful projects in London and Los Angeles.
MPC member Paul Fisher has hinted strongly at big rate rises to come, even as mortgage lending hits a 20 month low...
23 Nov 2010
| by Dave Waller
People in rural areas in England need to take home up to 20% more than those in urban areas for a half-decent standard of living.
The FTSE 250 social housing firm is the first major casualty of Government spending cuts.
24 Aug 2010
Persimmon Homes is to reinstate its dividend after beating forecasts. But mortgages remain hard to get.
13 Jul 2010
The chances of a serious recovery in house prices by 2020 is no better than 50/50, says PWC.
06 Jul 2010
Ocado publishes its IPO prospectus today. It could be brilliant, but it's yet to make a profit.