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…
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 …
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…
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 …
Housebuilders warned not to rely on buy-to-let investors
Property consultant Hometrack tells HBF that returns on residential property are falling
Millionaire chairman in Albion link
Millionaire chairman in Albion linkDavid Gold, co-owner and chairman of Birmingham City, wants to invest in Albion once he severs his ties with the Premiership…
Buttoned-up Brown plays it straight as Bush extols his great British virtues
George Bush, expert diviner of global statesmen from Nouri al-Maliki to Vladimir Putin, peered into the soul of Gordon Brown yesterday and found it good. In fa…
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