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Recent increases in housing starts and completions in England are slowing, according to figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government.

House prices rose by 1.7% in October but inflation may slow in the coming months, according to the latest Halifax house price index.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has argued for a rate hike tomorrow as figures published by Bradford & Bingley suggest supply of housing will not be improved by homeowners downsizing nearer retirement.

Thursday's expected interest rate increase will put the squeeze on employees already suffering from a slowdown in average take-home pay, according to Voca, the company which processes all of the UK's automated payments.

Home information packs look set to be mired in further controversy following the reaction of the Department for Communities and Local Government to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' freedom of information request.

PRUDENTIAL's stockbroker has told the life insurer it should consider a merger with FTSE 100 rival Resolution, according to the Times .

PAUL DAVIDSON, the entrepreneur known as The Plumber, intends to seek £5m in costs after the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal found he had been unreasonably treated by the Financial Services Authority, reports the Daily Telegraph.

House prices have shown the strongest rise in two years, the latest data from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) has stated.

House prices have risen for the sixth consecutive month and larger properties are out performing flats, according to the latest Royal institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) UK housing market survey.

The supply of affordable homes will be jeopardised by a new government proposal to tax property development, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) and British Property Federation (BPF) will tell the ODPM Select Committee today.