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‘Could have been worse’ City says to BA and RBS numbers

06.11.09
Investors were doing their best to look on the bright side today after the combined losses from Royal Bank of Scotland and British Airways reached £1.79 billion during the first six months of the year ... more

Barratt's £720m fundraiser threatened by postal strikes

27.10.09
The current strikes by postal workers is not only impacting badly on small businesses, it is also causing headaches for major companies such as Barratt Developments, down 2¾p at 142p ... more

House market's triple boost of good news

05.08.09
Confidence in the housing market received a triple boost as prices appeared to have bottomed out... more

Barratt is upbeat but Redrow sounds alert

09.07.09
House prices have stabilised and more people are looking for a new home, according to Barratt Developments ... more

Cazenove property lift

06.07.09
It has been a hell of a ride for those stock-market investors that dared to test the commercial property market at the start of the year ... more

C&W leads fallers as City sentiment begins to wane

21.05.09
Cable & Wireless was London's biggest dud today as its house broker reined in forecasts for the coming year... more

Panmure puts damper on hopes of housing recovery

28.04.09
City stockbroker Panmure Gordon has scoffed at suggestions the housing market may be showing the first green shoots of recovery... more

Goldman says door open to gains in building sector

08.04.09
Hard on the heels of yesterday’s record losses of £1.9 billion from housebuilder Taylor Wimpey comes news that Goldman Sachs has upgraded two other companies in the sector because it thinks they look good value for money... more

Barratt lures buyers with free insurance

16.03.09
One of Britain's biggest house builders is offering new buyers a way to "recession-proof" their property in a bid to encourage sales... more

Segro joins queue to top up the coffers

04.03.09
Property group Segro has launched a deeply discounted £500 million rights issue, becoming the latest — but not the last — property company to seek more cash from investors... more

Bullish fund managers build up property sector

25.02.09
There are signs the property sector may be enjoying a spot of massage by fund managers as the month draws to a close.... more

Beleaguered Barratt is hit by losses of £592 million

25.02.09
Housing: Barratt Developments reported losses of nearly £600 million after its land plummeted in value in an “intensely difficult” housing market... more

Barratt gets a boost from discounts and deals

15.01.09
Property: The key autumn selling season was not as bad as expected for Barratt Developments — but chief executive Mark Clare warned there were no “green shoots” of recovery for housebuilders... more

Footsie falls for fifth day as optimism wears thin

13.01.09
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Market report: RBS shares get a vote of confidence from Citi

25.11.08
If you want to test your patience, buy shares in Royal Bank of Scotland... more

Market report: RBS slumps to record low in new bank sell-off

18.11.08
A further £160 million was wiped off Royal Bank of Scotland's market value today, the shares slumping to yet another record low as institutional investors continued to dump them... more

Barratt to pay stamp duty for buyers of new homes

10.09.08
Building: Barratt Developments announced a £500,000 stamp duty holiday after Government efforts to boost the housing market flopped... more

Market report: Footsie surges as banks perk up on rescue in US

08.09.08
It was inevitable the financial sector would lead the charge on the stock market today, in response to the US Government’s decision to rescue mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with a cash injection in excess of £100 million... more

Darling plan sends builders soaring

02.09.08
Economics: Housebuilding shares soared after the Government launched plans to resuscitate the market — but analysts warned that any gains will be short-lived... more

Three more strugglers take 90% booby prizes

15.08.08
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Barratt to scrap the divi after taking £85m hit

10.07.08
Barratt developments made writedowns of £85m on its development sites and warned that more are likely... more

Bonfire of the building jobs

09.07.08
Two more leading housebuilders have announced job losses - taking the total to 5,000 in a week... more

1,000 jobs go as Barratt joins victims of property sector crisis

03.07.08
Housebuilder Barratt Developments is axing about 1,000 jobs to cope with the property crisis, while building products giant Marshalls chopped 140 staff... more

Builders suffer £18 billion damage as City experts say sell, sell, sell

02.07.08
The crisis crippling housebuilders has seen the value of the sector crash 87% in the last 18 months... more

Builders on slide after 'worse than Nineties' warning

26.06.08
Housebuilders' shares are back on the slide after a top Bank of England official declares the current slump in building activity is even worse than in the 1990s recession... more

The roof falls in on the house that Barratt built

12.06.08
A funny old business, building houses. For a decade, builders tried to convince us that the process was more than simply capturing housing inflation, putting it through the accounts and paying it out as cash dividends.... more

Barratt and LandSecs pile on woe

14.05.08
The property market suffered yet more pain as housebuilder Barratt Developments and London office developer Land Securities warned there is no end in sight to the turmoil... more

My home became an electrical deathtrap

12.03.08
A leading housebuilder has launched an investigation into how one of its homes was turned into a deathtrap by damaged electrical wiring... more

Tycoon sells up to escape Barratt homes

28.02.08
Not everyone wants to live next door to a new Barratt home - and it seems billionaire Lakshmi Mittal is among them... more

Persimmon in alert as homes gloom mounts

26.02.08
The gloom over the housing market deepened today when one of Britain's biggest builders warned demand for new homes is tumbling.... more

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