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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…
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 Marketin…
Q&A: Stamp Duty Reform
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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…
Q&A: Stamp Duty Reform
The Tories have made a headline-grabbing promise to raise the stamp duty threshold.
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