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Profit before tax and exceptional items rise by 73.3% to £192.3m on higher average selling prices.
RICS reports balance between housing market professionals reporting rises and falls at near seven year high.
House prices for three months to August rise 5.4% on back of government schemes.
Markit PMI survey for UK construction sector shows sharpest rise in output for almost six years.
Figures released by the Bank of England shows a slight £1.6bn net lending increase.
Home prices increased by 0.4% in August from the previous month, according to Hometrack.
Consumer credit grew 3.5% year-on-year in July, fastest since December 2008.
Nationwide House Price Index lifts 3.5% on year during August as demand still outstrips supply.
Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis revises up Q2 GDP growth to 2.5%.
British Bankers Assocation says mortgage approvals lifting off back of government credit easing schemes
Markets participants to track the second estimate for second quarter UK GDP today.
Markets await clues from the US Federal Reserve on the future pace of its QE stimulus
Persimmon benefited from improved availability of mortgages and lower mortgage interest rates due to government schemes.
Legal woes mount for JPM as it faces several lawsuits including energy market manipulation
Help to Buy and Funding for Lending lift house prices, leading Bovis to 50% profit growth in housing.
Markit's Household Finance Index for August shows stabilisation of cash availability for hard-pressed Britons as economy recovers
Housing market recovery continues in August with home asking prices up 5.5% year-on-year.
W&G Investments says sale could be delayed beyond two-year time frame.
Bank of England launched FLS in 2012 to help banks to provide loans at lower interest rates.
Government to cut fees for 20 different services at 14 departments, effective 1 October.
FLS and Help to Buy boosts buyer demand, raises Rics house price balance to highest since November 2006