And the Finance Ministry began a campaign to force banks to reduce their lending to speculative developers in Japan or abroad.

It was sold to a speculative 'developer' around 1999 and has lain desolate and untouched.

The landed gentry abandoned the parish, selling off their land to speculative developers.

The self-builder is still Britain's largest housebuilder, with more than 10,000 finishes last year compared to 8,500 for the largest speculative developer.

In south London, speculative developers took advantage of easy credit in return for perceived long-term gain.

Other speculative developers have not eased off.

These homes were developed by speculative developers for the expanding middle to upper middle class from the 1890s to the late 1910s.

You don't have speculative developers.

A speculative developer, Dolan leased out the properties on short leases and raised the money to build more houses.

The city should not put its reliance on the full faith and credit of a speculative developer.