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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…

HBF calls for 0.5% interest rate cut

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

Three quarters of home owners recommend HBF home...

Three quarters of new home owners would recommend a Home Builder's Federation member to a friend, a recent HBF survey has revealed. The recently published resu…

DARLING BACKS 50BN BAIL OUT TO HELP MORTGAGES

Chancellor, Alistair Darling has backed the Bank of England's 50bn plan to help prevent the credit crisis causing more damage to the UK banking system and help…

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.

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…

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…

What's your business plan, Mr Cameron?

If the number of people queueing to get into Bloomberg?s London?s headquarters last Monday morning was anything to go by, the City is desperate to discover wha…

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

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…