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Simon Gordon, Head of Communications, National Landlords Association, commenting on the Homeowner Mortgage Support Scheme, said: "Given that 71 per cent of landlords expect rental arrears to be a major issue during 2009,

Home seekers can look forward to a warm welcome and hot deals when they visit a Barratt Homes development over the festive break. The housebuilder has some tree-mendous offers including help with the deposit for first-time buyers and mortgage subsidies.

The UK could be in for some severe weather this winter, so before the forecast bad weather strikes, Halifax Home Insurance is advising homeowners to winter-proof their homes to minimise damage to their property.

Bellway Southern Counties is inviting every visitor to its new homes developments throughout December to help decorate a Christmas Tree – and stand the chance of winning retail vouchers to spend in the New Year.

Firmly in the driving seat, Bellway North West has accelerated the number of visitors to its stunning Sunbeam Place development on Woolton Road, through a creative credit crunch campaign.

It was going, going, going, gone once again at Blundells Auction House auction in Sheffield with total deals worth more than £1 million exchanging hands and results bucking the national trend. Over 200 people turned out to see 85 per cent of the lots available sold with more potential sales from unsold lots coming over the forthcoming weeks.

Conveyancing Alliance Ltd (CAL), the online conveyancing distributor, has revealed it will be passing the full cut in VAT on to customers from Monday 1st December.

Bryant Homes in the South Midlands has teamed up with Sterling Relocation, the leading mover in the UK, to help homebuyers wishing to relocate. With many people looking to live in a new part of the country, the homebuilder has partnered with the relocation expert to provide a stress-free guide.

Multi award winning housebuilder, Miller Homes, has bagged bronze in this year's quest to uncover the major Housebuilder of the Year - by a team of What House judges.

Once in a generation discounts on new Barratt homes in the west country are set to end within weeks because the housebuilder has sold all but 10 of its stock homes during a highly successful autumn marketing drive.

December is never going to be a cheap time of the year however, the ongoing discussion about the credit crisis dominating the headlines have probably left you wondering how you can cut back to ease the pressure on your already tightened purse strings, without compromising on quality and style this Christmas.

Despite the recent banking collapse, there are several early reports that we have now reached the beginning of the end of the economic crisis and that house prices have started to ‘bottom out'.

Following the introduction of Home Reports, George Wimpey East Scotland has moved quickly to assist home-buyers still keen to be on the move by offering to pay the ‘Home Report' costs on their existing property if they buy a new George Wimpey home through the Easymover, or part-exchange schemes that are currently available on developments throughout the region during December 2008.

For homebuyers looking to take advantage of Gladedale's Christmas offers but not wanting to move before the festive season, the leading housebuilder is extending the reservation period by one month until January 2009*.

It would appear that more and more of us are turning towards the internet to search for our new home. Bellway claim that they receive more hits on their website on a Thursday than any other day of the week. The site is most active between 9 am and 12 noon accounting for almost 70% of all traffic during the day, with 24% of visitors searching at noon.

Neil Fitzsimmons, chief executive of Redrow Homes one of the UK's largest house builders, this week joined the board of the Home Builders Federation. Mr Fitzsimmons joined Redrow in 1997 and was appointed to the board as group finance director a year later, becoming group managing director in September 2003. A chartered accountant by profession, Neil has worked in the construction and housebuilding sectors since 1986 and was appointed chief executive of Redrow plc on 1 August 2005.

Floating homes, sunken pontoons and timber drawbridges are just some of the innovations presented by architects across the world in a bid to design a flood proof house for the future.

One in three (33%) people across the UK say their neighbourhood has got worse since they moved there - and this rises to 50% of people living in the South, according to a report commissioned by home insurer LV=.

New home starts in October fell to their lowest level since accessible records began, according to NHBC's new house-building statistics.

Bryant Homes in East London has teamed up with Sterling Relocation, the leading mover in the UK, to help homebuyers wishing to relocate. With many people looking to live in a new part of the country, the homebuilder has partnered with the relocation expert to provide a stress-free guide.

House-hunters are flocking to see the stunning three-bedroom ‘Robin' showhome at George Wimpey's Waterside Park development in West Drayton. Immaculately furnished and finished, this beautiful home features snow-white walls with warming accents of claret and orange to give it real Christmas cheer.

Homebuyers could be in for an early Christmas treat next weekend (Nov 29/30) as Redrow holds open days across its developments in South Wales to showcase its festive incentives.

New research from Halifax shows that the residents of Elmbridge in Surrey have the best quality of life in Great Britain in 2008. In 2007 Elmbridge was the sixth highest ranked local authority area. Wokingham had the highest quality of life in 2007.

Latest figures released by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) indicate that the payment profile of buy-to-let lending has worsened more rapidly than the market as a whole.

Local house-builder, Gladedale in the north east of England knows that buyers are cautious at the moment but they believe they have come up with a schedule of benefits to sweep away any but the most insurmountable of barriers to new home purchase.