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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…

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 …

Zero-carbon reforms 'must be consumer friendly'

Efforts to make all new homes carbon neutral by 2016 must be combined with considerations over what the public wants from a UK property, the Home Builders Fede…

Eco-friendly homes 'need to be affordable'

Environmentally-friendly houses must be affordable or people will not purchase them, experts have warned. The Home Builders Federation stated that low-carbon …

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 …

FTB plight now a 'real social problem'

Research has shown that almost 90 per cent of the population believe property prices to be a major problem in their areas, something which is worsening for fir…

First-time buyers 'endangered species'

First-time buyers face the fate of the water vole and hedgehog as an 'endangered' British species, according to a marketing organisation for British housebuild…

First-time buyers 'endangered species'

First-time buyers face the fate of the water vole and hedgehog as an ?endangered? British species, according to a marketing organisation for

PRESS DIGEST - Financial Times - Oct 30

in response to the Eddington and Stern reviews of Britain's transport infrastructure and environment, announce an initiative that could result in the introduct…

First-time buyers to be priced out

First-time buyers are an "endangered" species, according to research for the New Homes Marketing Board. Financial Times