Search Results for: 1.5 million homes
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Regulation & Law
Stamp Duty ‘doubles in a decade’, hitting 1.5 million homes
Fiscal drag is making it more expensive to move, leaving developers short of the buyer volumes that make new schemes viable, accountants warn.
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Land & New Homes
Government’s 1.5 million homes plan in chaos as MPs demand answers
The Government's flagship pledge to build 1.5 million homes is in serious trouble, with a damning parliamentary report published warning that continued delays "risk jeopardising the Ministry's headline policy objective."
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Land & New Homes
‘We WILL build 1.5 million homes by 2029’ says defiant Labour
Ministers led by Housing Secretary Steve Reed insist his own 'stretch target' is achievable despite concerns from housebuilders that the Government has to do more to make it happen.
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Land & New Homes
Mayors to be ‘front and centre’ of plans to build 1.5 million homes
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner said elected Mayors would be given powers similar to those held by London Mayor Sadiq Khan.
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Labour faces revolt over 1.5 million homes plan
A Labour council leader warned PM Keir Starmer the targets for new building were "impossible and unrealistic".
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Latest property news
Starmer says Labour to build 1.5 million new homes
The party's leader told its Liverpool conference 'it's time to get Britain building again' to create opportunities for first time buyers.
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Guest Blogs
BLOG: Council Homes – we need more owners and fewer tenants
"If the problem is that we have too few council houses, the answer is to build more," says Trevor Abrahmsohn, of Glentree International.
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Housing Market
High street mortgage lenders ‘turn away’ 1.5 million properties
Ryan Etchells of Together reveals around 1.5million properties are branded as too risky by some banks.
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Land & New Homes
Two out of five new homes will house migrants by 2030, Tories claim
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp says high levels of migration will have "real consequences" for rents and house prices.
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Rental market
Green MP urges Labour to ‘buy the supply’ of rental homes
Siân Berry tells the Guardian councils should “snap up” rental homes as they come onto the market to rebuild social housing stock.
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