Construction rises 19% while more than 20,000 new homes are created by converting commercial buildings
Top-end sales have stalled as buyers put off by higher stamp duty costs
Lobby groups hope for chance to sway new shadow cabinet
Surveyors double forecast for price rises to 6% in 2015 on back of strong demand and short supply
Oil price rise and fall in jobless signal higher borrowing costs earlier than expected
Report highlights growing pressure as number of properties on the market falls for second month
London only area where surveyors report fall in values
Halifax figures show prices rose 1.9% in the 3 months to January
Survey data show new buyer inquiries fell for sixth month in a row in December
Survey forecasts purchases could rise by as much as 5% in the next year
Britain’s biggest builder’s merchant says weather has slowed heating supplies turnover
Affordability becoming stretched in many parts of the country
CML reports first-time buyers up by 3%
Skilled workers’ shortage could hold back pace of recovery
Boost for equity but affordability problems loom
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