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The Department for Communities and Local Government has published €˜Housing in England 2005-06€™, which provides key housing data on owner occupation and on the social… Read More »Key housing data released

Communities and Local Government has published revised guidance to help the construction industry respond to the challenge of meeting the zero carbon homes target. HM… Read More »Revised code for zero carbon published

Conservatives have committed to scrapping home information packs as part of their housing strategy. Speaking at the Conservative party conference in Blackpool, Shadow Housing Minister,… Read More »We can do better: housing strategies

House prices remained unchanged over September, according to the latest national housing survey from Hometrack, the housing intelligence business. This is the second month in… Read More »Lack of supply underpins prices

The Chancellor has announced changes to capital gains tax in the pre-budget report. Grant Sutton head of property and construction, Clare Jacob, said, €œThe move… Read More »Capital gains tax changes announced

The Chancellor has announced the Communities and Local Government budget in the comprehensive spending review which includes support for the building of three million new… Read More »Pound for pound: infrastructure next steps

Estate Education, the UK education and awareness campaign for real estate investment trusts (Estate Education) and property investment, has urged that further action is needed,… Read More »Estate Education disappointment

The Chancellor has announced that the unpopular planning gain supplement (PGS) is to be replaced with a statutory planning charge. In his pre-budget report, The… Read More »PGS replaced with statutory planning charge

Energy Minister, Malcolm Smith, has given the green light to the largest wind farm in Devon. Speaking to the British Wind Energy Association in Glasgow,… Read More »Devon wind power announced

The total of gross lending in August was £34 billion, little changed from July€™s £34.1 billion and £1 billion higher than in August last year,… Read More »Make up of lending changes significantly

New research compiled for Hometrack, the housing intelligence business, reveals that just under a quarter (24.3 per cent) of young working households have little chance… Read More »It is now cheaper to rent than buy a property