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Home owners 'switching on' to garden lighting [24 Sep 10]

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  • Tough lending criteria 'affecting the residential property market' [28 Sep 10]
  • Social housing sales climb 16 per cent [21 Sep 10]
  • Rental voids hit eight-year low, says ARLA [20 Sep 10]
  • Gross mortgage lending 'drops 14%' [20 Sep 10]
  • Conflicting residential property figures 'are both right' [17 Sep 10]
  • House prices dropped in July, says government [15 Sep 10]
  • Residential property market 'unlikely to be affected by base rate' [17 Sep 10]
  • Mortgage market 'at lowest point' [14 Sep 10]
  • House prices fall but surveyors expect sales to pick up [14 Sep 10]
  • Residential property transactions in "dead zone" [13 Sep 10]
  • Mortgage lending "weak" in July [13 Sep 10]
  • Builders 'adversely affected by mortgage finance restrictions' [09 Sep 10]
  • House prices rose for second month in August, says Halifax [08 Sep 10]
  • Spark of confidence sought in residential property market [06 Sep 10]
  • Falling house prices 'reflect shaky economic confidence' [06 Sep 10]
  • House prices fall for second month in August [02 Sep 10]
  • Detached homes 'increase in value by £91 a day' [01 Sep 10]
  • Residential property market remains "subdued" [01 Sep 10]
  • Rents increase in July, says Rics [01 Sep 10]