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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

Pretty: give tax relief to first-time buyers

David Pretty, Barratt's former chief executive, has urged the government to give tax breaks to first-time home buyers.

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…

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…

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S110 preclinical data presented by Dr. Peter Jones, Director of USC's Norris Cancer Center SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SuperGen Inc. (NASD…

Working from home 'should be encouraged'

More people should consider turning part of their home into an office, a property expert has stated. Technical director at the Home Builders Federation (HBF) …

First-time buyers destined to become 'lost generation'

The huge obstacles preventing first-time buyers climbing on to the housing ladder has created a 'lost generation' of potential homeowners and risks creating an…

'Lost generation' of first-time buyers

The huge obstacles preventing first-time buyers climbing on to the housing ladder have already created a 'lost generation' of potential homeowners and risk cre…

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…