Newsflow was reasonably muted across the subsectors in June, however, there were some important trends to pull out of the announcements. Within housebuilders, there is an increasing rhetoric of improved lending availability, highlighted by Bellway, Crest Nicholson and Berkeley, supporting in-line performances and gradually improving completions. This contrasts with low-cost builder MJ Gleeson, which is facing margin difficulties from build cost inflation and flat ASP. Elsewhere, brick manufactur ....