Housing market
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Housing market faces lost decade as upturn ends -
Experts warn homeowners could face 10 years of stagnation as prices start to fall againBritain's homeowners must brace themselves for 10 years of stagnation, as last year's recovery in the
property market gives way to a decade of drift, ...
08:18 :
Carpetright sales rise -
LONDON (Reuters) - The country's biggest floor coverings retailer
Carpetright posted a third straight quarter of increased sales, boosted by rising activity in the
housing market and business gains from troubled ...
09:31 :
US economy set to post strong growth -
President
Barack Obama vowed in his State of the Union address on Wednesday to make job creation his top priorityThe US economy is forecast to have gathered steam in the final three months of last year, helped by a gradual revival ...
23:59 :
Persimmon prepares to 'hunker down' -
The housebuilder says that a considerable reduction in net debt had left it well placed to withstand any further possible downturn in the housing market
22:36 :
Thanks for nothing, Alistair Darling -
The
housing market was not expecting much from Alistair Darling's pre-budget report (PBR), which was just as well. It didn't get anything. Most attention has focused on the windfall tax on bankers' bonuses, although the government ...
16:19 :
Wolseley continues to struggle as profits slump -
Wolseley, which is the world’s largest supplier of plumbing and heating equipment, today reported a 45% fall in underlying profits in the three months to the end of October. The company has been badly hit by the Housing market|housing ...