Eco-friendly homes 'need to be affordable'
Environmentally-friendly houses must be affordable or people will not purchase them, experts have warned. The Home Builders Federation stated that low-carbon …
FTB plight now a 'real social problem'
Research has shown that almost 90 per cent of the population believe property prices to be a major problem in their areas, something which is worsening for fir…
Zero-carbon reforms 'must be consumer friendly'
Efforts to make all new homes carbon neutral by 2016 must be combined with considerations over what the public wants from a UK property, the Home Builders Fede…
Q&A: Stamp Duty Reform
Q: So the Cameroonians - what have they been promising? A: They've promised to raise the one per cent threshold for stamp duty from 125,000 to 250,000. Shadow …
Building chief calls on Brown to tackle first-time buyer crisis
David Pretty, the former chief executive of the UK's second biggest housebuilder Barratt, and senior housing commentator has called on the Government and indus…
NHMB demands help for first-time buyers
By Marcel Le Gouais First-time buyers? plight has grown into a social problem threatening the well-being of communities nationwide, says the New Homes Marketi…
Buttoned-up Brown plays it straight as Bush extols his great British virtues
George Bush, expert diviner of global statesmen from Nouri al-Maliki to Vladimir Putin, peered into the soul of Gordon Brown yesterday and found it good. In fa…
Why property developers must cement stronger consumer links
The biggest programme of housebuilding in 30 years is under way after new Prime Minister Gordon Brown last week pledged to build 3 million homes by 2020. The a…
Planning Gain Supplement scrapped - reaction
Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced the government is to consider proposals put forward by an alliance of developers and homebuilders as an alternative t…
Scrapping of PGS meets industry praise
The industry has welcomed news that the government will ditch the planning gain supplement (PGS).
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