Housebuilder said a combination of rising completions in the year and stronger margins would push its headline profit figure ahead of the current market consensus... more
City gossips aren't quietening down about CareTech. The care homes operator - whose shares have been hard hit by the turmoil at peer Southern Cross - shot up 3.4p to 131.8p today on revived rumours that a potential suitor is eyeing up the company... more
Housebuilder Persimmon says underlying pre-tax profit will be at the top end of market views for last year, despite bad weather knocking sales before Christmas... more
Confidence has picked up since Chancellor George Osborne wielded the axe in October with more buyers willing to commit to new homes, according to housebuilder Bellway... more
Housebuilder Bellway was one of the losers in a sinking London market today after an influential analyst warned “there is still little value in the shares”... more
A new lurch downwards in the value of the ailing dollar and news of better-than-expected GDP in Japan signalled another rush for commodities, such as metals and oil and gold ... more
Citigroup has rushed to raise its price targets for most of the big builders despite the Ernst & Young ITEM Club warning that house prices could take a further five years before they return to their 2007 peak. ... more
Housebuilder Bellway said it was enjoying a "spring bounce" - but warned it was too early to talk of a sustained recovery in the housing market... more
Banks and builders gave a big round of applause to the Bank of England monetary policy committee’s latest half-point cut in interest rates to a record low of 1%... more
Bellway today declared the last month the worst in decades for housebuilders as the market collapsed in the face of the deepening financial crisis.... more
Economics: Housebuilding shares soared after the Government launched plans to resuscitate the market — but analysts warned that any gains will be short-lived... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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