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Half of buy-to-let investors believe interest rates will decrease - Property for Life

Nov. 2, 2007

Over half of buy-to-let investors are confident that interest rates will decrease over the next 12 months, with 64% believing the base has already peaked, according to Property for Life’s second investor property tracker.

Hometrack publishes latest housing forecast

Nov. 2, 2007

In their latest forecast for the housing and mortgage markets, Hometrack stated that there will be a market slowdown in the rate of house price inflation and mortgage lending over 2008.

Top 20 most sustainable homebuilders named

Nov. 2, 2007

The UK’s top 20 housebuilders have been ranked by sustainability performance in a new report entitled \"Building a sustainable performance,\" published by NextGeneration.

News analysis

Nov. 1, 2007

The fifth annual Housing Market Intelligence conference and the Housebuilding 2007 show featured a range of high level speakers and exhibitors who addressed pressing issues facing the industry, including the need for a speedier planning process and how best to tackle the zero carbon homes challenge