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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…

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…

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…

Heron Tower restart signals housing sector upturn

Work is set to restart on a 35-storey residential tower in the City of London as signs start to emerge that confidence is returning to the private housing mark…

New homes 'to cost £7,000 more due to new green laws'

The cost of a new home could rise by an average of £7,000 from next year because of the government's new environmental laws, the Home Builders Federation…

Builders fear rising prices of 'green' homes

The cost of new-build homes is set to rise by an average of ?7,000 from next spring, when government energy efficiency regulations are due to come into force. …

Leaked letter warns Tories to delay property developments

Conservative MPs and councils have been advised to delay major commercial and developments until a Tory administration gets into power, according to a letter f…

People with electrician training 'may be working on smaller houses'

People with electrician training may find that they are fitting out smaller homes in future. This is because, according to the Home Builders Federation (HBF),…

First timers need savings help

Almost 80% of Britons believe the government should encourage first-time homebuyers to start saving regularly by establishing a national deposit savings scheme…

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…