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Bring back mortgage tax relief to help first-time buyers, says builders' leader

One of the most influential figures in the housebuilding industry is calling on the Government to bring back the Miras tax relief scheme to help overstretched …

Newspaper round-up: 28 June

In a leaked story in the Times, David Pretty, director of the Home Builders' Federation, is quoted urging Gordon Brown to launch a raft of housing initiatives …

Bring back mortgage tax relief to help first-time buyers, says builders leader

One of the most influential figures in the housebuilding industry is calling on the Government to bring back the Miras tax relief scheme to help overstretched …

Newspaper round-up: 28 June ...

- www.contractjournal.com News News Search 50 Latest: Thursday, 28 June 2007 Newspaper round-up: 28 June (28 Jun…

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 …

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.