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  • New steps to cut the cost of moving home and open up the books

    Home buyers can access more information about their new home without having to pay for the information, the government announced today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Eric Pickles lays the foundations for 1,600 new homes

    Eric Pickles visited Southampton and laid the foundations for 1,600 new and affordable homes as part of a major redevelopment of the Quays.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Grant Shapps outlines government support for struggling homeonwers

    Housing Minister Grant Shapps has today outlined how the Coalition Government will provide much-needed support to homeowners at risk of repossession…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Money saving expert backs government support for struggling homeowners

    Independent money saving expert Martin Lewis supports government schemes to help struggling homeowners.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Park homes reforms: July 2010

    The Minister for Housing and Local Government (The Rt Hon Grant Shapps): The Government values the role the park home sector plays in the …

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Grant Shapps welcomes good news on housing market

    Grant Shapps has welcomed a new report from an independent industry body showing that the abolition of HIPs is giving a boost to the house market.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Age of aspiration

    Draft text of the speech - may differ from the delivered version. Introduction Thank you to Robert Peto for your very kind introduction …

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Age of aspiration

    Grant Shapps has heralded the return of an 'age of aspiration' for those struggling to get their first foothold on the property ladder.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • HIPs are history: Pickles suspends home information packs with immediate effect

    In an important step at a point of fragile recovery in the housing market, Communities Secretary Eric Pickles and Housing Minister Grant Shapps…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Pickles and Shapps announce HIPs are history

    Eric Pickles and Grant Shapps have announced that, with immediate effect, Home Information Packs are suspended.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Eric Pickles to ask new Housing Minister to review help for homeowners

    A Communities and Local Government spokesperson said: “Figures published today by the Council of Mortgage Lenders and the Ministry of Justice…

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • English housing survey bulletin: issue 1

    Bulletin about the English housing survey.

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