{"id":133666,"date":"2023-01-11T15:45:35","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T08:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/barratt-brings-in-hiring-freeze-as-uk-housing-market-slows-down\/"},"modified":"2023-01-11T15:58:41","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T08:58:41","slug":"barratt-brings-in-hiring-freeze-as-uk-housing-market-slows-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/barratt-brings-in-hiring-freeze-as-uk-housing-market-slows-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Barratt brings in hiring freeze as UK housing market slows down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nHousebuilder also cuts land purchases, with it forced to scrap proposals for 3,293 plotsBusiness live updates: \u2018Marked slowdown\u2019 in UK housing marketBritain\u2019s largest housebuilder, Barratt Developments, has introduced a hiring freeze and is \u201csignificantly\u201d cutting back on buying land as it steels itself for a further slump in the UK housing market.Barratt said it was responding to a \u201cmarked slowdown\u201d in the UK housing market, after a rise in interest rates that has made mortgages more expensive for prospective homebuyers. 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