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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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NewBuy Mortgage Scheme Could Be A 'Game Changer' for Local Homebuyers - MarketWatch (press release)


NewBuy Mortgage Scheme Could Be A 'Game Changer' for Local Homebuyers
MarketWatch (press release)
This will bring lenders, builders and Government together to offer mortgages on new-build properties with only a fraction of the deposit previously required. Where buyers could have once required in the region of GBP 40000 towards a new home, ...

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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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Pockets of demand in region provide boost for builders - Yorkshire Post


Pockets of demand in region provide boost for builders
Yorkshire Post
Housebuilder Bellway, the UK's fourth biggest housebuilder, said completions rose five per cent to 2455 in the six months to January 31, driven by a 15 per cent rise in private sales. And an increase in its order book means the group has now completed ...

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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
... 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 between £1000 and £3000, and that builders would ...

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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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Homebuilders Get Cameron Boost With 5% Down Payments: Mortgages - Bloomberg


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Homebuilders Get Cameron Boost With 5% Down Payments: Mortgages
Bloomberg
Around 240000 new homes are needed each year to keep up with a growing population, Steve Turner, a spokesman for the Home Builders Federation, said by e-mail. That compares with 127780 built in England in 2010. Prime Minister David Cameron's coalition ...

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Land prices fall as house builders pay more for zero - B&C Distributor


Land prices fall as house builders pay more for zero
B&C Distributor
In December 2006, the Government introduced the Code for Sustainable Homes, which is the standard by which new homes in the UK are now judged for their green credentials. It assesses a variety of environmental factors related to new buildings, ...


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UK House Prices Drop in January - openPR (press release)


openPR (press release)
UK House Prices Drop in January
openPR (press release)
Over the last 30 years, What House? has held their annual What House? Awards, which are the longest established New Homes awards in the UK recognising UK house builders and developers across 21 categories.

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