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Queen honours outstanding servants to housing

The chief executives of two homelessness organisations are among those honoured...

Homes for the future

There were nine short-listed designs, one winner and several surprises in the BD/Mail on Sunday design competition to find a zero-carbon mass-market design.

A year for key players in private equity

Some key figures in the private equity world have been honoured in a Queen's Birthday Honours List which was notable for being one of the most business-light f…

The week ahead

A guide to company results and meetings, and economic statistics Economic week Monday September 25 ? Investors will be eager to hear Wolseley's latest view …

Business in Brief

Dairy Crest grows on the doorstep Dairy Crest, the maker of Cathedral City cheese and Clover spreads, has cemented its position as Britain?s biggest doorstep …

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…

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…

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.