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  • English housing survey bulletin: issue 12

    Bulletin about the English housing survey.

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  • Ensuring leaseholders get a fair deal

    Aspiring homeowners looking to buy leasehold properties will have all the information they need at their fingertips under plans announced today by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles.

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

  • Government response to the residential property management services: market study report

    Brandon Lewis responds to the market study into residential property management services carried out by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).

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

  • Housing update, March 2015

    Update on some of the recent actions that the coalition government is undertaking on housing.

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

  • No council should end a tenant’s Right to Buy

    Housing Minister Brandon Lewis pledged to protect the Right to Buy of thousands of tenants.

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

  • Support for housebuilding doubles

    Support for new housebuilding has almost doubled in the past 4 years, new figures show.

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

  • Help to Buy: helping 88,000 buy a new home

    Help to Buy, the government’s flagship housing scheme, has helped 88,420 people buy a new home since it was created.

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

  • Starter homes

    Changes to planning policy announced following response to the consultation on proposals to enable more starter homes for first time buyers.

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

  • 20% discount on your first home announces PM

    A new scheme offering 100,000 first-time buyers new homes with a 20% discount is announced today by the Prime Minister.

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

  • Young first-time buyers can register online for 100,000 cut-price homes

    Young first time buyers can go online from today and sign up for cut-price new starter homes – with 20% off the asking price.

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

  • 192,000 households helped to become homeowners through government schemes

    Nearly 192,000 households have bought or reserved a new home through government-backed schemes over the past 5 years, latest figures show.

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

  • 33,000 new homeowners thanks to the Right to Buy

    More than 33,000 new homeowners have been created through the reinvigorated Right to Buy since 2012.

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

  • New measures to break down barriers for shared ownership owners

    Housing Minister Brandon Lewis proposes new measures to remove unnecessary bureaucracy and red tape.

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

  • Help to Buy helps 77,000 people onto the property ladder

    New figures show more than 77,000 homes have been bought under Help to Buy schemes.

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

  • Help to Buy sales hit 73,000 homes

    Number of people joining the housing ladder continues to grow.

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

  • Areas shortlisted to become England's first housing zones

    The areas shortlisted to become the first flagship housing zones in England are announced.

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

  • Strategic housing market assessments

    Brandon Lewis writes to the Chief Executive at the Planning Inspectorate about strategic housing market assessments.

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

  • Stamp duty reform accelerates hundreds of new homes for Southampton

    Crest Nicholson say that government’s reform to stamp duty has given it the confidence to bring forward next phase of development at Centenary Quay

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

  • Help to Buy helps 71,000 people

    Help to Buy has helped more than 71,000 people across the country buy a new home.

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

  • 700,000 new homes under this government

    There are now 700,000 more homes in England than in 2009, with the number of empty homes at a 10-year low.

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