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Major boost for Birmingham regeneration precinct

Policies undermining delivery targets

First time buyer levels collapsing

The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) has called for more support for first time buyers, as interest rates continue to climb.

Housing market \"softening up\" - CML

The housing market is \"softening up\" in response to rising interest rates, according to latest data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders.

Land Registry records continued growth in prices

London continued to drive house price growth in England and Wales in April, Land Registry figures have shown.

Audit Office report attacks government\'s record in Gateway

Developers are being discouraged from investing in the Thames Gateway because of complex decision-making chains and the lack of a single programme plan, accord…

Government backs down over home information packs

In a serious government climbdown, communities secretary Ruth Kelly has announced that the introduction of home information packs (HIPs) will be postponed unti…

Foxtons sold for £390 million

John Hunt, the owner of Foxtons estate agency, has sold the business to private equity consortium BC Partners for £390 million – 97% of which he will personall…

Planning white paper hands more power to central government

The government has set out its plans to wrest decisions on nationally significant infrastructure projects out of local authority hands, in its planning white p…

HIP regulations make it through Commons

Conservative attempts to annul regulations needed for home information packs (HIPs) were defeated in parliament yesterday.