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NewsMigrants set to lose benefits
Social security to be restricted to British citizens under draft legislation.
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NewsBovis Homes warns of 40% fall in output
Housebuilder hit by plunging demand but says profit still on track to meet expectations
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NewsFMB defends government housebuilding targets
Builders slam MPs for questioning whether 3 million new homes are still needed
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NewsSocial housing keeps Mears finances solid
Results on track and group growing strongly, thanks to public sector client base
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NewsMPs hit out at government homes targets
Committee criticises pursuit of building new homes at expense of raising environmental standards
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NewsMortgage lending up in September
New approvals show first monthly rise in a year, but lending still nearly 50% down on last year
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NewsBirthplace of the blues: The US housing crisis
Richard Snook of the Centre for Economics and Business Research goes back to the roots of the credit crunch to work out when the misery might end for the US and UK housing markets
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Woking council to spend up to 拢300m on stalled sites
Surrey local authority pioneers scheme to purchase residential sites for social housing
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NewsLivingstone鈥檚 climate change tsar is made redundant
Allan Jones goes in climate change shake up at London Development Agency
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NewsCredit crunch spreads to medium-sized housebuilders
拢254m-turnover David McLean is pushed under by 拢100m debts, joining 拢131m-turnover Taggart
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NewsBRE says steel frame is fastest way to build homes
Research body compares steel, concrete, timber and brick to combat 鈥榠nefficiency鈥� in industry
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Private renting 鈥榤ust increase鈥�
The private rented sector should be expanded, according to a communities department report.
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NewsHouse prices crash 15% in a year
Average UK home now worth 拢30,000 less than a year ago, says Nationwide
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NewsHome repossessions rise 71%
Repossessions in second quarter show 鈥榮ignificant鈥� rise, while prices fall 2.2% in the year to September
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NewsLet it be: did a government review of private rented housing go far enough?
Nick Jopling of CB Richard Ellis says what's missing from the Rugg Review, why a build-to-let sector should not need tax breaks and how student accommodation could be the solution to the housing shortage
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NewsTaking stock: how two housing associations swapped homes
The housing regulator has urged landlords to swap homes to concentrate their efforts on particular neighbourhoods but few have done so. Now A2Dominion Group tells us of its recent trade with nearby landlord Moat
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NewsHouse prices will take years to recover from slump
2.5m homeowners face negative equity as prices are set to drop by 25%
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News8,000 construction jobs may go in Northern Ireland
Industry body says employment in the region is at 'crisis point'
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NewsFind better housing for migrants, says charity
Migrant workers will live in overcrowded rental accommodation unless councils clamp down on rogue landlords, says BSHF
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NewsNegative equity threat to 1.2m homeowners
About 500,000 mortgage holders already owe more than the value of their home says Bank of England