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Why buyers prefer to buy new

Liverpool Echo RESEARCH by the House Builders Federation suggests buyers could save up to ?25,000 by selecting a new-build rather than a second hand home. Fu…

The plight of the 'new poor'

Here are 10 measures that we must implement if young people are to have any hope of buying homes

Brown needs better ideas on housing

David Hollingworth is mortgage specialist at London & Country Yvette Cooper's role as housing minister has been upgraded so she can attend Cabinet meetings wh…

Barratt Developments' ex-chief David Pretty: Sell green belt land for housing...

Barratt Developments' has launched a controversial set of proposals to the government to help first-time buyers get on the propprty ladder. They include the g…

Barratt Developments' ex-chief David Pretty: Sell green belt land for housing

Barratt Developments? ex-chief David Pretty has launched a controversial set of proposals to the government to help first-time buyers get on the propprty ladde…

NHMB calls for switch back to Miras

A senior figure in the house building industry is calling for the return of the Miras tax relief scheme to help struggling first-time buyers.David Pretty, dire…

Bring back mortgage tax relief to help first-time buyers, says builders' leader

One of the most influential figures in the housebuilding industry is calling on the Government to bring back the Miras tax relief scheme to help overstretched …

Bring back mortgage tax relief to help first-time buyers, says builders leader

One of the most influential figures in the housebuilding industry is calling on the Government to bring back the Miras tax relief scheme to help overstretched …

First-time house buyers are 'the new poor'

First-time house buyers are 'the new poor'. Photo: PA Wire Radical measures are needed to help the huge numbers of young people who now have no hope of buying …

PRETTY: FIRST TIME BUYERS ARE THE 'NEW POOR'

David Pretty, former Chief Executive of the Barratt Group and one of the best-known figures in British housing provision, has called first time buyers the 'new…