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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

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…

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…

HBF HITS OUT AT CPRE'S 'BANANAS' ATTITUDE TO HOUSING

The Home Builders Federation has hits out at the Campaign to Protect Rural England after it produced a survey saying the Government was out of touch with the p…

Agency brings back space standards

English Partnerships will enforce size minimums for housing on its land

BUDGET 2008: REPONSES

The housing industry has issued mixed responses to the Chancellor's Budget.Communities Secretary, Hazel Blears said: 'I welcome this budget - it will help us s…

HBF LAUNCHES GAME TO HELP KIDS LEARN ABOUT SITE SAFETY

The Home Builders Federation has released a new interactive educational game, How to avoid a construction catastrophe, to raise awareness of the potential haza…

Government launches review to speed up planning system

David Pretty and Joanna Killian to lead review into improving the way applications are processed A government review of the planning system designed to speed u…

HBF revises code of conduct to help lenders

New measures to ensure greater transparency for mortgage lenders on new build houses

First-time buyers an "endangered species", say housebuilders

Leah Milner - 30-Oct-2007 The New Homes Marketing Board has dubbed first-time buyers an endangered species. A YouGov poll commissioned by the marketing organis…