Scrapping of PGS meets industry praise
The industry has welcomed news that the government will ditch the planning gain supplement (PGS).
Why put a price on the priceless importance of carbon-free homes?
No less an authority than the RIBA's president Sunand Prasad recently ticked off the Liberal Democrats after their party conference for their ambitious plans t…
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…
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 …
Building chief calls on Brown to tackle first-time buyer crisis
David Pretty, the former chief executive of the UK's second biggest housebuilder Barratt, and senior housing commentator has called on the Government and indus…
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