Expansion At HSBC As Halifax Cuts Back

While the HSBC bank has said it is to create 20 new jobs when it opens a new branch at Royal Avenue in Belfast shortly, a leading estate agent - the Halifax - is cutting back. Hit hard by the combination of falling house prices and the credit crunch as buyers are putting plans to move on hold and those who still want to go ahead struggle to raise the finance they need, it has emerged that estate agents nationally... [read full story]