Banks, building societies and house builders call for urgent action to end mortgage misery
The Government faced pleas last night to deliver urgent help to home buyers to revive the plunging property market...
Tone irks lenders
House builders and lenders bemoaned Sir James Crosby’s reluctance to offer immediate solutions in his report yesterday... John Stewart, HBF said...
Crosby Review of Mortgage Finance: HBF “disappointed”
HBF’s reaction to today’s ‘Mortgage finance: interim analysis’ by Sir James Crosby.
HBF Weekly News Summary Friday 25 July 2008
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HBF response to CLG committee ‘Planning matters’ report
John Slaughter, director of external affairs at the Home Builders Federation said today,
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