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HBOS writes down housebuilding stakes

July 1, 2008

McCarthy & Stone chief Howard Phillips is in talks with Rothschild over debt

Crest offers customers fixed-rate mortgages

July 1, 2008

Crest is offering a 5.99% three year fixed rate deal to buyers at its Atrium scheme

Taylor Wimpey to write down value of landbank

June 30, 2008

Volume housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has announced that it is likely to write down the value of its landbank in the UK by £550 million.

OFT posts further positive results for industry

June 30, 2008

Most new home buyers have suffered only minor defects with their home, whilst housebuilders are not holding onto land to prevent competition, the Office of Fai…