Though the state is still digging out from the overbuilding excesses of the housing boom, home builders are ramping up their operations for the first time in four years. They are buying land, hirin...
As word gets out about the Minha Casa Minha Vida phenomenon in Brazil, more of the world media are talking about it. The latest to report on Brazil's affordable housing scheme is the BBC who broadc...
For homebuyers, the emergence of daffodils, longer hours of sunshine and Easter mean one thing: it is time to get viewing. The downturn has not stopped people window-shopping. On the contrary, new-buyer inquiries in February rose to their highest level since August 2006, according to the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors. March figures are expected to show another rise. This enthusiasm has yet to translate into a rise in sales — mortgage lenders have yet to water those “green shoots”, although HSBC’s decision to offer better rates to some customers who have a deposit of only 10 per cent may foreshadow a future rise in sales, particularly to first-time buyers.
