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…
League table reveals greenest housebuilders
Berkeley Group, Taylor Woodrow and George Wimpey head a new sustainability league table ranking the 20 largest housebuilders, revealed by housing minister Coop…
First time buyers 'risking extinction'
31-Oct-2007 The New Homes Marketing Board (NHMB) has said that the problems faced by first time buyers are now so great that the demographic risks becoming an…
Agency brings back space standards
English Partnerships will enforce size minimums for housing on its land
New buyers 'fighting back' despite slowdown
02-Nov-2007 Fears that first time buyers have been dissuaded from entering the property market because of uncertainty regarding house prices appear to be unfo…
Paul King appointed chairman of the Zero Carbon Hub Board
In response to the Callcutt Review recommendation*, a new independent 'Zero Carbon Hub' has been established to make Zero Carbon homes a reality from 2016. The…
Self-build property only for "limited percentage of the market"
Sellers considering dropping out of the housing market and building their own home have been warned that self-build homes are 'only a solution for a limited pe…
OFT says house building sector is broadly competitive
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published its market study into the home building sector which says that whilst the sector is broadly competitive, many ho…
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