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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…

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 …

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…

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…

Housing boom has priced out a quarter of Brits

A quarter of Britain's young workers are priced out of their local housing markets, according to latest research from property website Hometrack. House prices…

Step on to the ladder

A BIT of good news for struggling first-time buyers: there are ways of protecting yourself from rising interest rates and getting a leg up the property ladder …

First time buyers now recognised as a 'social' problem

A recent YouGov poll has illustrated the difficulties facing first time buyers. Research has shown that almost 90 per cent of the population believe property p…

Tenants - cheesed off

A YouGov survey for the New Homes Marketing Board suggests the perennial chatter about young people choosing to rent, for lifestyle reasons (freedom from debt,…

Warning that zero carbon target likely to be missed

The Construction Products Association (CPA) has expressed concern that the government is allocating insufficient resource to the development of compliance tool…