First-time house buyers are 'the new poor'
First-time house buyers are 'the new poor'. Photo: PA Wire Radical measures are needed to help the huge numbers of young people who now have no hope of buying …
'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…
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 …
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
The Andrew Davidson Interview 2006
Nikesh Arora, CEO Google Europe January 8 Lord Bhattacharyya, founder Warwick Manufacturing Group January 15 Stuart Rose, CEO Marks&Spencer January 22 Tim Wate…
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…
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