1. He supplied housebuilders with modern timber frames.

2. Stores, housebuilders, properties and leisure stocks were in the vanguard.

3. Meanwhile housebuilder Cala Homes is wooing first-timers by paying the 5 percent deposit, stamp duty and ￡500 towards the legal costs.

4. Even now, the shares of many housebuilders and contractors look over-optimistic.

5. Proctor said specialist house-builders would continue to replace contractors in the housing market.

6. The housebuilder plans to appoint financial advisers ahead of a refinancing or sale.

7. The benchmark Shanghai composite index was down by as much as 7.7% in afternoon trading, despite huge interest in the flotation of China's biggest housebuilder.