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 …
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 …
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 …
Queen honours outstanding servants to housing
The chief executives of two homelessness organisations are among those honoured...
Planning Gain Supplement scrapped - reaction
Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced the government is to consider proposals put forward by an alliance of developers and homebuilders as an alternative t…
Industry calls on government to help FTBs
Lenders have backed the New Home Marketing Board's call for the government to introduce sweeping measures to help first-time buyers. Faster planning processes…
Firstrung, first time buyers, the week in focus
The issue of long commutes is nothing new for priced out first time buyers and in some respects relative bargains have always been available the further the bu…
Step on to the property ladder
A BIT of good news for struggling first-time buyers: there are ways of protecting yourself from rising interest rates and getting a leg up the property ladder …
First time buyers and shared ownership
A BIT of good news for struggling first-time buyers: there are ways of protecting yourself from rising interest rates and getting a leg up the property ladder …
Housing boom has priced out a quarter of Brits
A quarter of Britain's young workers are priced out of their local housing markets, according to latest research from property website Hometrack. House prices…
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