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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…

Builders make strong gains on Government's stamp duty changes

By Yvette Essen Shares in housebuilders rallied strongly yesterday after the Government lifted the stamp duty threshold from 125,000 to 175,000 and unveiled pl…

The True Value Of New Build Property

measures has been introduced this week to help ensure that valuers, lenders and conveyancers capture the true value of newly-built property -- a market that ha…

OFT says house building sector is broadly competitive

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has published its market study into the home building sector which says that whilst the sector is broadly competitive, many ho…

OFT GIVES HOUSE BUILDING INDUSTRY CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH

An investigation by the OFT into house building in the UK has given the industry a huge boost at what is a most challenging time. It will also give potential b…

OFT clears housebuilders - but raises zero-carbon fears

26 September 2008

New home restrictions to 'impact' on buidling industry

The battle to protect the West Midlands green belt took a new twist yesterday when the country?s biggest construction lobby group claimed builders would be put…

Bank of England comes under pressure to slash interest rates

Pressure was mounting on the last night to deliver an unprecedented cut in interest rates tomorrow as a rush of figures showed the economy heading deeper into…

Calls for a 1pc cut grow

There has not been a cut of this size since the depths of the last recession in 1992. However, experts warned that the bank often acts 'too late' and said 'bol…

HBF calls on government to act on mortgages

The government needs "to push through" the measures it has set-up to boost mortgage lending in the UK, according to the Home Builders Foundation (HBF).