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Dairy Crest grows on the doorstep Dairy Crest, the maker of Cathedral City cheese and Clover spreads, has cemented its position as Britain?s biggest doorstep …

Brown drops 'Communities England' tag (copy 2)

Prime minister to choose fresh name for super agency to emphasise its role in housing provision, while he works on three policies to carry it out

First-time buyers destined to become 'lost generation'

The huge obstacles preventing first-time buyers climbing on to the housing ladder has created a 'lost generation' of potential homeowners and risks creating an…

NHMB demands help for first-time buyers

By Marcel Le Gouais First-time buyers? plight has grown into a social problem threatening the well-being of communities nationwide, says the New Homes Marketi…

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…

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…

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…

Buttoned-up Brown plays it straight as Bush extols his great British virtues

George Bush, expert diviner of global statesmen from Nouri al-Maliki to Vladimir Putin, peered into the soul of Gordon Brown yesterday and found it good. In fa…

Constructing excellence

DURING the last few days, another two organisations have highlighted serious issues around zero carbon homes and the Government?s targets. I had to agree with…