Tag Result: Home Builders Federation (HBF)

Britain faces housing shortage equal to size of Birmingham
Britain is now facing a housing shortage of one million homes, equivalent to the number of...

Value of Help to Buy equity loans lent passes £600m
Equity loans taken out under the Help to Buy scheme since its inception have reached a tot...

Home building ticks up but 40% down on peak
Seasonally adjusted house building starts rose 6% in Q2 and completed builds rose to 9%, h...

Housebuilder launches riposte to ‘unfair’ Help to Buy scheme
Housebuilder Persimmon Homes has launched a scheme similar to Help to Buy in Wales, descri...

Have brokers felt the benefit of Help to Buy?
Around 4,000 homes have already been reserved during the Help to Buy scheme, but are mortg...

Help to Buy makes ‘flying start’ with 4,000 reservations
Around 4,000 reservations have been made for new homes using the government’s Help to Bu...

Hope springs for house price prospects
Optimism about house price growth ticked sharply upwards in Q1, according to the latest qu...

NewBuy scheme hits 2,000 reservations
Over 2,000 homes have been reserved using the government’s NewBuy scheme since its launc...

Half of home movers unaware of NewBuy – Rightmove
Awareness of the NewBuy scheme is highest among first-time buyers with 66% of aspiring hom...

Housing planning permissions slump to 3-year low
Approvals for 24,872 homes across England were granted in the second quarter of this year,...