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Cloud Over Builders may have Silver Lining for Landlords - Property118


Cloud Over Builders may have Silver Lining for Landlords
Property118
Although difficulties in sourcing mortgages are holding back home buyers, in the long term more homes need building to meet demand. The UK needs 220000 new homes every year – and less than half that number were built last year, according to the ...

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Bellway cautious on resilience of UK house market - Reuters


Bellway cautious on resilience of UK house market
Reuters
Bellway said the rapid rates of margin growth had been driven by its focus on the typically more profitable market for family homes and by a string of relatively cheap land buys since the onset of the financial crisis in 2008. UK housebuilders have ...

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Taxman sets 'new technology' on tradesmen, eBay sellers and even Avon ladies ... - This is Money


Taxman sets 'new technology' on tradesmen, eBay sellers and even Avon ladies ...
This is Money
By Lee Boyce Everyone from Avon ladies to those holding Ann Summers or 'Jamie at Home' parties have been warned to get their finances in order ahead of a planned crackdown by the UK tax authority. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has used new technology to ...

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New levy will scare off home builders - Mortgage Strategy


Mortgage Strategy
New levy will scare off home builders
Mortgage Strategy
As the patient was coming round, housing has been hit by a long-planned initiative called the Community Infrastructure Levy, the effects of which have only just begun to hit home. The CIL is a charge that local authorities in England and Wales can make ...


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All eyes on London as developers view the capital to boost property sales - Property Community


All eyes on London as developers view the capital to boost property sales
Property Community
by Ray Clancy on February 8, 2012 House builders and contractors who are traditionally focussed on the UK residential market have switched their focus towards London in order to take advantage of the international interest in the city's property market ...

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MK is most desirable for commuters - Milton Keynes Today


Milton Keynes Today
MK is most desirable for commuters
Milton Keynes Today
A new survey shows Milton Keynes to be one of the UK's most desirable locations for commuting to London as property buyers enjoy house prices which are 25 per cent lower than the average in competing commuter destinations as well as speedy journey ...


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Sink estate transformed thanks to a big team effort - This is Staffordshire


Sink estate transformed thanks to a big team effort
This is Staffordshire
One of the keys to the success has been the close collaboration between developers, Lovell Homes, and Riverside, one of the UK's largest social housing landlord groups in the UK which pooled their expertise to form a partnership called Compendium ...


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Dorset fire chief calls for sprinklers as standard - BBC News


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Dorset fire chief calls for sprinklers as standard
BBC News
Steve Morgan, chairman and founder of Redrow Homes, one of the UK's biggest developers, estimated the cost of installing a sprinkler in a three-bed house to be about £3500. But Ann Jones, AM for the Vale of Clwyd, said the cost were more likely to be ...

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Anger at Polish builders squatting in Army homes - and using British law to ... - Daily Mail


Daily Mail
Anger at Polish builders squatting in Army homes - and using British law to ...
Daily Mail
A third house on an adjoining Forces housing estate has been occupied in the past few months by Polish migrants, despite MoD claims that 'less than a handful' of its 49000 UK properties contain squatters. The squatters' presence has infuriated Army ...

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FTB figures show remarkable resilience - Mortgage Strategy


Mortgage Strategy
FTB figures show remarkable resilience
Mortgage Strategy
The decision is great news for first-time buyers and it will give hope to home movers previously unable to access mortgage funding for new-build houses. We're working with more than 390 developers and house builders across the UK and believe that ...

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