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Wednesday, 7 January 2009
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Government acts to reduce home repossessions
Mortgage lenders will have to prove they have tried to help struggling homeowners avoid losing their property, under new rules brought in by the government on Wednesday aimed at reducing repossessions.
23 Oct 2008 |
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Home Retail sees 19 percent profit fall
Home Retail Group cut the book value of its Homebase DIY chain by 542 million pounds due to the declining retail market as it reported a 19 percent fall in first-half profit.
22 Oct 2008 |
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Fire damages Nick Nolte's Malibu home
A fire at Nick Nolte's home in Malibu, California gutted his living room on Tuesday but the actor escaped with minor injuries after trying to douse the flames with a garden hose, officials said.
09 Oct 2008 |
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Bovis first-half profits slump
Housebuilder Bovis Homes reported a slump in first half profits on Tuesday following what it called "the toughest period of trading it has experienced in its life as a public company".
26 Aug 2008 |
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Frustrated home-sellers opt to let over sell
Plummeting house sales and depleted mortgage markets have led to a surge in demand for rented housing, tempting many frustrated home sellers into renting, the Residential Lettings Survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) showed on Tuesday.
20 Aug 2008 |
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Home repossessions orders up 24 percent
Court orders for mortgage repossessions in England and Wales rose an annual 24 percent in the second three months of the year to 28,568, the Ministry of Justice said on Friday.
15 Aug 2008 |
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Home repossessions jump to 9-yr high
The number of homes repossessed in the first six months of the year leapt by almost 50 percent on a year ago to the highest since 1999, a survey showed on Friday, as the housing downturn claims more victims.
11 Aug 2008 |
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Redrow and Bovis cut over 1,200 jobs
Two more housebuilding firms have announced large job cuts following a drop in demand for new houses thanks to tighter mortgage lending as a result of the credit crunch.
09 Jul 2008 |
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