'Upturn signs' in housing market
The housing market is showing the first signs of an upturn since 2006, the Home Builders Federation (HBF) has said. The body's survey of Britain's major home …
Clampdown threatens 13% hike in labour costs
Government determined to force through plan to put all construction workers on PAYE system
Builders urge lenders to ease criteria
Homebuilders have called on banks and building societies to ease criteria on mortgages for new-build properties.
Builders ask lenders to ease criteria for new homes
Homebuilders have called on banks and building societies to ease criteria on mortgages for new-build properties. John Stewart, the director of economic affair…
Property asking prices rise in July
Average property asking prices in England and Wales rose to £227,864 in July, boosting hopes of a resurgence in the housing market, according to new rese…
What's your business plan, Mr Cameron?
If the number of people queueing to get into Bloomberg?s London?s headquarters last Monday morning was anything to go by, the City is desperate to discover wha…
No more Mr Nice Guy: cracking down on bogus self-employment
The taxman has been moaning about bogus self-employment for decades. Well, he's not moaning anymore: he's getting his money, or else
Builders demand new carbon pledge
House builders have questioned who will pick up the bill for the Government's reiterated pledge for all new homes to be zero carbon by 2016.
New homes 'to cost £7,000 more due to new green laws'
The cost of a new home could rise by an average of £7,000 from next year because of the government's new environmental laws, the Home Builders Federation…
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