23 December 2011 | David Marsden
The Government has this week published a note containing further details of its new 'Build Now, Pay Later' scheme. Click here to read it.
The note provides an overview of what Build Now, Pay Later is,...
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22 December 2011 | David Marsden
New figures published by the House Builders Federation’s (HBF) reveal that there were only 32,928 approvals for new homes in Britain in the third quarter of 2011 - a 10 per cent fall on the same period...
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5 December 2011 | Richard John |
There was good and bad news for homebuyers in the Chancellor’s recent Autumn Statement.
The introduction of a new-build indemnity scheme, aimed at increasing the supply of affordable mortgage finance...
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16 November 2011 | Michael Oberwarth
The Localism Bill, which the Government has called “the biggest transfer of power in a generation, releasing councils and communities from the grip of central government”, received Royal Assent late...
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16 November 2011 | Karin Holt
The Financial Times newspaper reported on Monday that the Government is expected to announce a big increase in the number of government-owned brownfield sites that will be made available for building new...
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14 November 2011 | David Marsden
The Localism Bill is set to receive Royal Assent very shortly after the House of Commons accepted all the amendments made to it by the House of Lords.
The Bill, which was introduced to Parliament in...
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5 October 2011 | David Marsden
In the latest round of the long-running legal dispute between housebuilder Cala Homes (South) and the Department for Communities and Local Government (full details are here and here), Secretary of State...
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5 October 2011 | Richard John
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has recently published a sustainability and residential property information paper for its 100,000 qualified members, which looks at the need to consider...
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30 August 2011 | Marilyn Saunders
Well according to a number of property organisations and commentators, we could be.
The National Housing Federation (NHF) has warned that over the next ten years, home ownership in the UK will fall...
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