Bovis predicts rising home sales
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The housebuilder Bovis Homes predicts it will sell more homes this year than it did in 2006.
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Stocks rose on Monday as data on existing-home sales were in line with analysts' forecasts, allowing investors to focus on the recent pull-back in bond yields and the Federal Reserve's policy-setting meeting this week.
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State and national housing sales hit record highs in 2004, boosted by mortgage rates near historic lows, according to preliminary figures released yesterday, but with rates expected to drift upward, few in the real estate industry expect that pace to be matched in 2005.
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The rate consumers pay on, for example, a 30-year, $200,000 home loan will likely rise 0.2 percentage point -- an extra $9,200 -- as the largest US buyer of mortgages slows growth to meet regulators&#39; request to boost capital, an analyst said Friday.
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Sales of new homes rose unexpectedly in April to the fastest pace this year as the housing sector showed resilience in the face of rising mortgage rates. But the price of homes sold last month fell and the level of unsold homes rose to a record high.
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Business & money: Signs that four increases since August are starting to bite as housing market cools.
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A spokesman from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said here Friday that multi-fators have pushed up the housing price. Statistics show that the prices of housing and residential housing in the first
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Business & money: Britain's biggest mortgage lender ups its house price growth forecast for this year to 6%, and said that London house prices would rise 12%.
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&#39;The ongoing stimulus of lower-than-expected mortgage interest rates was the primary driver of strong home sales in October.&#39;.
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Business & money: Analysts believe Bank of England still likely to raise interest rates higher in the coming months.
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House price growth remains strong despite concerns about interest rate rises, Land Registry figures show.
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Stocks rose on Thursday after data showed new home sales increased more than economists had expected last month, boosting optimism about economic growth and corporate profits.
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SURGING demand in heavy construction should outweigh any downturn in new home building, according to OneSteel and Boral.
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Stocks rose on Monday as data on existing-home sales landed near analysts' forecasts, allowing investors to focus on the recent decline in bond yields and the Federal Reserve's next policy-setting meeting.
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As mortgage defaults rise, more houses are being put up for auction  -  and more people are seeing a chance to make big bucks. But there are risks
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Treasury yields crept higher last week with continued signs of economic strengthening. An improving job market, rising consumer sentiment and booming home sales added to the reasons many traders expect the
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Sales might be down, but the stocks are rising.