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Lifetime household tax hits £630K - TaxPayers\' Alliance

Oct. 1, 2007

The average household will pay £630,000 to the Treasury in a lifetime, according to estimates from the TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) published today (October 1).

Barratt and Zurich launch deposit deferral scheme

Oct. 1, 2007

Barratt Developments has signed up to a scheme that will allow buyers to defer paying the deposit on a new build home.

Tories pledge to raise stamp duty threshold and scrap HIPs

Oct. 1, 2007

Ahead of the possible general election, the Conservative government has proposed a handful of measures to aid the housing industry, including raising stamp dut…

Face to Face

Oct. 1, 2007

Chief executive of the UK Green Building Council, PAUL KING, is on a mission to help transform the building industry

Simplification through collaboration

Oct. 1, 2007

Duncan Salmon and Peter Stockdale (pictured) of Campbell Hooper examine the need for a more transparent and flexible approach to public private partnerships

Club culture

Oct. 1, 2007

Gavin Davidson, property director at ThePropertyInvestmentMarket.com looks at the ongoing reciprocal relationship between housebuilders and buy-to-let investors

Design brief - Placemaking approach

Oct. 1, 2007

Savills’ head of residential research Yolande Barnes explains the property value-enhancing benefits of “sustainable urbanism” and why it requires a cultural sh…

News analysis

Oct. 1, 2007

Mark Smulian looks into the government’s newly announced housing and planning delivery grant and finds that behind the £500 million headlines, the details are …

Lioncourt raises £12m for land buying

Oct. 1, 2007

Lioncourt is embarking on a land buying spree having obtained further institutional backing, while Stewart Milne’s growth plans are gathering pace

Unlock the Land campaign

Oct. 1, 2007

Three months on, Housebuilder’s Unlock the Land campaign is gathering momentum as the industry calls for government to recognise the need to ease up the supply…