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…
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
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.
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.
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…
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