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£7 million fund announced for more affordable new homes to be built in UK
Funds of £7 billion is being released by the UK Government to help build more new affordable homes in the country, it has been announced. Housing providers can now apply for a share of the fund, which was allocated an additional £1.4 billion at the Autumn Statement to deliver 40,000 new affordable housing starts across […] The post £7 million fund announced for more affordable new homes to be built in UK appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
First ever garden villages to be built in England with support from Government funds
Details of the first ever garden villages to be built across England which will have the capacity to provide 48,000 new homes have been published. The 14 new garden villages are an expansion of the Government’s existing garden towns programmes and will be smaller projects of between 1,500 and 10,000 homes. Three new garden town […] The post First ever garden villages to be built in England with support from Government funds appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →
Lenders’ organisation in UK wants stamp duty reformed in 2017
Looking ahead to 2017 the Council of Mortgage Lenders believes that stamp duty needs to be reformed as it is one of the biggest barriers to home ownership. The CML, which represents over 90% of home lenders in the UK, says that the property tax paid by buyers, which rises with the price, is preventing […] The post Lenders’ organisation in UK wants stamp duty reformed in 2017 appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →