Stamp duty abolished for First-Time Buyers in Autumn Budget.

Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered his Autumn Budget yesterday,  the headline announcement which he left to last was that stamp duty will be abolished for all first-time buyer property purchases priced up to £300,000, with immediate effect. In the more expensive areas such as London stamp duty will be abolished on the first £300,000 of properties…

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New housing starts reach record levels since 2009

Recent announcement on GOV.UK from Department for Communities and Local Government and Alok Sharma MP headlines ‘Housebuilding soars to highest levels in almost a decade.’ The number of new build homes that have started to be built has surged to the highest level since 2008, as shown by figures released 24 August 2017. The latest…

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Taylor Wimpey reports good progress in 2016

Taylor Wimpey one of the largest British based housebuilding companies released yesterday 11th January it’s trading statement ahead of its full year results for the year ended 31 December 2016, which will be announced on 28 February 2017. Pete Redfern, Chief Executive, commented: “We are pleased to report good progress in 2016, with an increase in…

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Increasing Housebuilding in England a major challenge

Report released by the Charity Shelter in August headlined ‘Achieving the Ambition’ In summary they mention: It is widely recognised that increasing housebuilding to the level now required is a major challenge. If we are entering a period of economic uncertainty following the vote to leave the EU then that challenge will be magnified. However…

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Warning of slowdown in the construction industry.

This week (Tuesday) at the National Housing Federation’s (NHF) Brexit conference the social housing sector warns of a slowdown in the construction industry. In their press release on the 19th July the (NHF) pointed out that: Early findings from new CEBR analysis suggest a construction slowdown may be on the horizon with shares in construction…

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Build more homes on small sites

Press release from the Department of Communities and Local Government and Brandon Lewis MP headlines ‘Judgement paves way to build more homes on small sites’. Housing and Planning Minister Brandon Lewis hailed a judgment that paves the way for more housebuilding on smaller sites and that will get homes built more easily. The Court of…

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Ambition to deliver 1 million homes by 2020

Housebuilding Industry and Government announce shared ambition to increase housing output. The Home Builders Federation (HBF), on behalf of its larger members, share the Government’s ambition to deliver ONE MILLION HOMES by 2020. HBF and its members recognise that delivering 1 million homes requires significant further action from the house building sector and that there…

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Rail Network and House Building

In a recent press release from the Gov.Uk website on the subject of Rail Network and Housebuilding it headlines ‘Regeneration of stations set to deliver thousands of new properties and jobs’ A massive programme of development of railway stations and surrounding land will deliver thousands of new homes and jobs and significantly boost local growth.…

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