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First time buyers are 'an endangered species'

Britons are more committed to home ownership than ever according to a recent YouGov poll. However despite the desire to get onto the property ladder the poll, …

No stopping property-hungry Brits

However despite the desire to get onto the property ladder, the poll conducted for the New Homes Marketing Board (NHMB) showed that lack of supply and tighteni…

PROPERTY INDUSTRY GIVES EVIDENCE ON PLANNING BILL

The British Property Federation (BPF) the Home Builders Federation (HBF) have appeared before a Parliamentary Committee scrutinising the Planning Bill to highl…

CABE calls for entries to Building for Life awards

CABE and the Home Builders Federation are now inviting designers and developers to submit schemes for next years Building for Life awards. The Building for Li…

Halifax rewards green credentials with competitive mortgage deals

Halifax, UK mortgage lender, has announced the launch of two new products exclusively available to customers buying their home from selected homebuilders. The…

Building for Life 2008

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Housebuilders upbeat on Calcutt Review

The housebuilding industry has broadly welcomed John Calcutt's conclusion that it will be possible to deliver 240,000 homes per year by 2016 to zero-carbon sta…

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…