Business news for Mon, 24 Dec 2007 & with words property+survey. 2 news.

Selling a house is taking longer than at any time in the last six years, adding to the growing evidence of a housing slowdown, says a survey of estate agents

The slide in house prices is gathering pace, a survey suggests today, amid signs that housebuilders are digging in for a prolonged residential property freeze. Tulloch Homes, a medium-sized Scottish housebuilder, pulled plans yesterday for a £200 million flotation, and Taylor Wimpey is understood to have ordered a halt to any new land acquisitions.