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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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Latest property news
Agency boss calls for new and clearer Help to Buy Scheme
LRG’s New Homes boss Tim Foreman suggests an improved Help to Buy scheme could give the housing market a much-needed boost.
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Land & New Homes
Complaints soar to new-build ombudsman
Chief Ombudsman Nigel Cates reports the number of cases raised about new homes has tripled in the last year.
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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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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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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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Regulation & Law
Industry reaction as new PM Andy Burnham enters Downing Street
Andy Burnham officially became Britain's new Prime Minister yesterday - and here is how agents reacted to the news.
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Land & New Homes
Lowest new build numbers for a decade
“We need more homes to support people at every stage of the moving journey," says Rightmove's Colleen Babcock.
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Guest Blogs
BLOG: Is air conditioning the new eco-dogma or the latest front in Britain’s class war?
Trevor Abrahmsohn of Glentree International says there is a growing campaign to discourage, restrict, or ban air conditioning in new residential developments.
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Land & New Homes
Plans for five new towns are ditched, Minister confirms
Speaking on Radio 4’s Today programme, the housing and planning minister Matthew Pennycook confirmed that the number of proposed sites has been reduced.
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