Strong trading in UK housing market: Countryside
This was helped by low interest rates, higher demand from first-time buyers, but developer's peers have flagged weakness in the sector
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COUNTRYSIDE Properties said trading in Britain's housing market was robust, with strong customer demand, favourable mortgage lending conditions and "good political support".
Countryside, which regenerates public land and builds houses on its own plots, said trading was aided by low interest rates and increased demand from first-time buyers supported by the government's Help to Buy scheme.
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