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Development agencies to fund housing scheme

Nine agencies will have to channel £300m from regeneration to help fund the Government's rescue scheme

Misery for traders as world economies plummet

Euro and sterling fall heavily, estate agents predict slow housing recovery and US unemployment figures shoot to five-year high

Misery for traders as world economies plummet

Euro and sterling fell heavily, estate agents predicted slow housing recovery and US unemployment figures shot to five-year high

Housing market will not recover until 2011

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Car sales crash as economy hits the skids

Gordon Brown 'cautiously optimistic' despite warning from UK’s biggest industry of deeper cuts in production amid downturn

Downturn hits construction and City jobs

Hays, the recruiter, said demand for staff is dropping as official data showed hiring fell at its fastest rate since 2001

Construction falls for sixth consecutive month

Housebuilding drags down activity in August but the sector lifts itself above July's all-time low

Builders' shares jump on stamp duty holiday plan

Government help for home buyers sends housebuilders' shares climbing almost 10 per cent on hopes of market recovery

Insurers expect $9bn Hurricane Gustav claims

Catastrophe insurers are facing a huge claims bill for damage after the Category 2 hurricane tore into the US Gulf Coast

Fraud focus on deals to boost home sales

Property developers offering perks to potential buyers will have to give lenders full details of their 'give-away' deals

House prices slide as sellers cut by 10%

Government is accused of not doing enough to help the housing market as sellers achieve just 90% of asking prices

Towering blunder of property’s biggest deal

Spain’s Metrovacesa is in deep trouble with its £1.1bn purchase of the HSBC Tower

Slump fails to halt march of the malls

Investment in shopping malls is taking place all over Britain and is often a catalyst for reviving tired town centres

Mortgage hopes hit by Darling

The Treasury has snubbed calls from Britain’s lenders for direct government intervention to kick-start the mortgage market

Mortgage rescue fund at the ready

Ministers are preparing to empower councils to help the thousands of families who are at risk of losing their homes