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First-time buyers to be priced out

First-time buyers are an "endangered" species, according to research for the New Homes Marketing Board. Financial Times

PRESS DIGEST - Financial Times - Oct 30

in response to the Eddington and Stern reviews of Britain's transport infrastructure and environment, announce an initiative that could result in the introduct…

First-time buyers 'endangered species'

First-time buyers face the fate of the water vole and hedgehog as an 'endangered' British species, according to a marketing organisation for British housebuild…

First-time buyers 'endangered species'

First-time buyers face the fate of the water vole and hedgehog as an ?endangered? British species, according to a marketing organisation for

Britons 'more committed than ever' to home ownership

A new study from the New Homes Marketing Board (NHMB) has revealed that Britons' desire to own a UK property of their own remains undimmed despite the sharp ri…

Government Response to Callcutt Review

Housing Minister Yvette Cooper has welcomed the publication of the Callcutt Review into delivering new housing and announced a major new drive to speed up the …

First time buyers 'risking extinction'

31-Oct-2007 The New Homes Marketing Board (NHMB) has said that the problems faced by first time buyers are now so great that the demographic risks becoming an…

New buyers 'fighting back' despite slowdown

02-Nov-2007 Fears that first time buyers have been dissuaded from entering the property market because of uncertainty regarding house prices appear to be unfo…

Agency brings back space standards

English Partnerships will enforce size minimums for housing on its land

Poll says FTBs are endangered

The New Homes Marketing Board has dubbed first-time buyers an endangered species. A YouGov poll commissioned by the NHMB found that 80% of consumers are worrie…