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HCA praises house building industry's response to Kickstart Programme

HCA praises house building industry's response to Kickstart Programme The house building industry?s ?appetite and capacity to develop? has been demonstrated b…

No more Mr Nice Guy: cracking down on bogus self-employment

The taxman has been moaning about bogus self-employment for decades. Well, he's not moaning anymore: he's getting his money, or else

Builders demand new carbon pledge

House builders have questioned who will pick up the bill for the Government's reiterated pledge for all new homes to be zero carbon by 2016.

Affordable housing: Where next?

In 2007, when house prices were still soaring, the government promised to build 70,000 affordable homes a year by 2010/11. But the housing prices crash and th…

HBF report shows optimism for housing market

The latest survey by the Home Builders Federation (HBF) has found that 60% of housebuilders reported an increase in sales compared to the same period a year ag…

New housing projects

LONDON: Almost ?1bn is to be spent kick-starting house-building projects that stalled during the recession the housing minister said yesterday. The government…

Housing minister outlines further details of definition of zero carbon

The news came as John Healey, minister for housing, outlined some further details on the definition of zero carbon, which housebuilders will have to meet by 20…

Property asking prices rise in July

Average property asking prices in England and Wales rose to £227,864 in July, boosting hopes of a resurgence in the housing market, according to new rese…

Builders urge lenders to ease criteria

Homebuilders have called on banks and building societies to ease criteria on mortgages for new-build properties.

Builders ask lenders to ease criteria for new homes

Homebuilders have called on banks and building societies to ease criteria on mortgages for new-build properties. John Stewart, the director of economic affair…