Caroline Flint the UK housing ministers full cabinet meeting first page briefing notes on the state of the UK housing market follows in full. In summary the housing minister expects UK house prices to fall this year by between 5% and 10% which is precisely in line with the Market Oracle forecast...
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The major cross-government package of new measures to meet current challenges in the housing market has received a mixed reception from the property industry. Communities Secretary Hazel Blears said the £1b package is to...
The measure that is missing from the Government's housing package is the one that might do more to help new buyers than all the others combined. Banning the buy-to-let brigade would bring down prices. These people snap up...
Francis Elliott and Gráinne Gilmore Gordon Brown’s economic rescue package was overshadowed by a warning yesterday that Britain is plunging into recession. Mr Brown announced a year-long suspension of stamp duty for homes...
The spectre of "gazundering" is haunting Britain's slumping property market for the first time since the housing crisis of the early 1990s, a new survey has found. By Patrick Hennessy, Political Editor The practice - which...