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Self-build property only for "limited percentage of the market"

Sellers considering dropping out of the housing market and building their own home have been warned that self-build homes are 'only a solution for a limited pe…

HBF calls for 0.5% interest rate cut

House Builders Federation says action is needed to prevent housing downturn damaging wider economy

HBF calls for abolition of Home Information Packs...

The Home Builders Federation (HBF) has called for the abolition of Home Information Packs (HIPs) to save jobs in the housebuildng industry. The peak building b…

Home Building Industry - 'Action Needed Now'

The HBF [Home Builders Federation] is calling on Government to take urgent action now to assist the housing market and warning of the severe implications of no…

80% of housing sites can't meet zero carbon

Four out of five new housing sites will not be able to generate enough power on site to reach the government's zero-carbon target, according to government advi…

Boris slashes affordable housing targets for developers

Plans by the new mayor of London to slash affordable housing requirements across the Capital have been welcomed by the British Property Federation and Home Bui…

MPs accuse industry of 'feeble excuses' on zero carbon

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Reforming stamp duty: what are the options?

Chancellor Alistair Darling is believed to be looking at a number of measures to restore confidence in the UK???s stalling property market, including reforming…

Banks want Treasury support for housing market

Mortgage lenders piled pressure on the Treasury yesterday to assist Britain's ailing housing market, by calling for the Government to help to fund new home loa…

Paul King appointed chairman of the Zero Carbon Hub Board

In response to the Callcutt Review recommendation*, a new independent 'Zero Carbon Hub' has been established to make Zero Carbon homes a reality from 2016. The…