News Archive - Jul 2007 - Buildstore

Householders looking to avoid spending a long time arranging the sale of their home are unlikely to find any such joy in London, with new research sho...

The Low Carbon Buildings Programme introduced on April 1st 2006 has captured the imagination of homeowners looking to install microgeneration technolo...

The UK will see average house prices more than double by 2025, the Centre for Economic and Business Research (CEBR) has suggested, with prices set to ...

Interest rates will not be raised to six per cent this month due to economic indicators suggesting that the three rises thus far in 2007 have begun to...

Homeowners aged 50 or over are most likely to tell the truth when selling their home, new research from Saga indicates, with the younger generation fa...

Self-build properties can help make the goal of owning a home a more realistic target for many, one financial website has suggested. Writing for Mort...

Mortgage lending growth in June reached its highest level for three months, the Bank of England has reported in figures which contradict trends repo...

House price growth was just 0.4 per cent in June, with London prices continuing to shore up the UK market, new figures from the Land Registry show ...

House price growth slumped in July, according to a new report published by Hometrack. According to the firm''s Monthly National Housing Survey, price...

House price growth slumped in July, according to a new report published by Hometrack. According to the firm''s Monthly National Housing Survey, price...

The provision of new build homes is set to drop this year and next, it has been suggested, contradicting earlier predictions of a rise. Experian has ...

A code first launched by the Association of Home Information Pack Providers (AHIPP) in 2006 shows that all suggestions regarding possible loopholes in...

The latest Graduate First Time Buyer report from Scottish Widows Bank has revealed that the last year has seen a three per cent increase in the number...

Homeowners could find that improving their properties'' energy efficiency becomes a financial as well as environmental imperative once Home informatio...

More and more prospective buyers are opting to split the cost of buying a home by moving in with a friend, one developer has claimed. More innovative...

Gross mortgage lending reached record levels last month on the back of high levels of remortgaging, the British Bankers'' Association (BBA) has said...

The average house price rose by just £200 this month as interest rate rises took their toll on price inflation, it has been revealed. Nationwide...

UK householders have been warned that the timber used to create their garden furniture or even whole fixtures in their homes could have been illegally...

Continually rising house prices has meant that many homeowners are now making additions and adjustments to their own properties rather than moving hom...

Britons eager to turn their hand to home improvements could find that such tendencies cost them in the long run, AA Legal Services has advised, with t...

Price growth in the manor house market is well above that recorded in the mainstream UK housing market, according to new research. Estate agent Knigh...

A significant increase in the value of the UK''s housing assets has helped boost the net worth of the UK by five per cent in just one year, new figure...

The government has revealed details of its new housing policies, designed to help combat the increasing number of financial difficulties being experie...

A lack of supply across the country means that those who have already chosen to enter the land investment market have seen prices rise by over 15 pe...

Home Condition Reports (HCRs), which aim to provide an objective look at the quality of a house on the market that is both more comprehensive than a l...

Energy performance certificates (EPCs) will cost an average of £130 when Home information packs (Hips) come into force next week, it has been sug...

Claims that the government''s plans to increase land supply would not provide much assistance in lowering house prices have been criticised by the H...

Botched DIY efforts are more likely than any other flaw to put off prospective homeowners from making a purchase, new research reveals. Homes featu...

The average asking price for a UK home rose by just 0.3 per cent in July as recent counter-inflationary measures take hold of the property market, n...

Research from mortgage company mform.co.uk has revealed that almost 14 million Britons intend to take out a mortgage within the next three years, ...

Interest rates may have reached their peak after the Bank of England decided to raise rates to a six-year high of 5.75 per cent earlier this month, it...

Mortgage provider HBOS has revealed that it now expects house price growth to be stronger than originally estimated. While emphasising that annual ...

First time buyers are in need of long-term solutions to their affordability problems if the issue is to be overcome, with simple solutions such as min...

The House of Lords has called on the government to abandon forthcoming Home information packs (Hips), just a day after the Association of Home Informa...

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) has revealed that mortgage lending reached a new high last month, with the gross figure now standing at ...

Two new market assessments have said that the outlook for the housing market remains strong despite recent interest rate rises and a potential reducti...

Plans to boost the UK''s housebuilding efforts by 20 per cent over the next 13 years have been hailed by United Trust Bank, which has said that the go...

Schoolchildren in Gloucestershire are to help with the construction of a new school hall as part of an innovative self-build project, it has been reve...

The government should announce the date on which homes with three bedrooms or more will qualify for Home information packs (Hips) following the announ...

Developers should avoid building new homes within 60 metres of high voltage electricity lines or within 30 metres of lower voltage lines because of ...

The large number of building developments taking place in London has led to a number of valuable archaeological discoveries, it has been revealed. Th...

House prices will level out over the course of the next few years as the industry finally cools from the period of rapid growth currently being expe...

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has been commissioned to examine land supply issues in preparation for helping deliver affordable housing,...

The location of a property is still the most crucial factor in consumers'' purchasing decisions, a new study has confirmed. Savills'' UK Housing Ma...

Shortages in construction labour are now at their worst level since 2005, it has been advised, according to the latest quarterly survey. The study fr...

Television shows have had a "huge" influence on Britons looking to build their own homes themselves, though such programmes can nonetheless ...

Cowboy builders are costing Britons almost £4 billion a year due to poor working practices and damage caused to properties, it has been suggested...

In 20 years'' time Britons'' homes will be more self-sufficient and more easily adaptable as homeowners look to avoid wasting resources, it has been s...

Many first-time buyers (FTBs) are choosing to live close to their parents so that they can help them with their DIY . According to figures from ins...

Sales of building materials have risen by 6.8 per cent year on year, the latest figures show . The Builders Merchants Foundation has said that the...

House prices across the UK rose by 0.7 per cent last month in a departure from recent reports of a market slowdown, it has been revealed. The Financi...

Both monthly and annual price increases within the housing market in London have reached their highest levels for almost 30 years, according to new re...

Planning is one of a number of powers that should be devolved to a local level in order to give councils more control over what goes on in their area,...

The number of applications to start new homes rose year-on-year in the three months to May, it has been revealed. Statistics from the National House ...

The Code for Sustainable Homes should be made mandatory for new builds as part of an effort to promote environmentally-friendly building practices, it...

The number of Chartered Surveyors reporting a rise rather than a fall in house prices more than halved in the three months to June, but prices nonethe...

A controversial tax that would have imposed a levy on profits made by housebuilders could be scrapped, the prime minister has admitted. In his compre...

The postponement of the Land Use Bill could see over 200 acres of garden space being eradicated between now and the time when the bill is eventually...

The Home Builders Federation (HBF) has responded positively but cautiously to today''s announcement by prime minister Gordon Brown regarding future su...

The prime minister has unveiled plans to boost the supply of housing in the UK by building three million homes by 2020, with much of the development ...

The government has announced the publication of a consultation examining the implementation of business rates on empty properties, it has been announc...

Future house building methods will focus more on environmental issues as Britain comes to terms with more unpredictable weather, it has been suggested...

Consumer spending rose by three per cent year-on-year last month, increasing the likelihood that interest rates could rise again in the near future. ...

Figures showing a further increase in annual price growth in the UK property market in fact mask a slightly weaker rate of growth over the past quar...

Shared ownership initiatives are gaining in popularity across the UK and are not just commonplace in London, it has been advised. Owning a property ...

Homeowners who object to housing developments being built nearby must be overcome if the UK is to increase its supply of affordable housing, it has be...

Scotland and Wales are home to some of the most affordable housing areas in the UK, a new study has revealed, with average prices frequently coming in...

More and more Britons are showing an interest in self-build housing due to the prominence of TV shows on the sector, new research has suggested. Figu...

Gordon Brown is set to publish a housing green paper outlining his plan to tackle problems surrounding the supply of homes, it has been revealed. In...

Property prices continued to ease off in June as the signs of a slowdown became more evident, a new study has revealed. The Chesterton meta-index f...

Homeowners are abandoning their dream homes in favour of simply getting onto the property ladder, new research has revealed. A study from Alliance ...

English Partnerships has published new recommendations for the UK''s brownfield land in an effort to ensure that such areas are no longer neglected,...

Planning officials in Wales have held talks with councils in Powys as part of an effort to boost the supply of affordable rural housing in the region,...

The High Court has ensured that three companies implicated in an investment land scam have been wound up, it has been revealed. The three companies...

The Bank of England has raised interest rates to 5.75 per cent, increasing the pressure on homeowners already struggling with repayments. The fifth b...

Householders who look to hire builders to perform DIY tasks could be leaving themselves open to damage to their properties on top of extra costs if ...

A lengthy planning debate has finally been resolved in favour of a firm looking to build on greenbelt land , it has been revealed. The appeal by An...

The Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) has said that the government should adapt a more flexible approach to greenbelt land as part of an...

House price inflation rose by 0.4 per cent month-on-month in June, it has been revealed, with the annual rate of increase now standing at 10.7 per cen...

A leading industry figure has said that green belt land should be sold off to housebuilders who would then be able to provide affordable housing t...

Growth in the construction sector has reached its highest level for over three years as the demand for residential property propels the market forwa...

TUC general secretary Brendan Barber has said that several thousand more homes must be built in the coming years if key workers are to be housed adequ...

Coventry University is to offer postgraduate qualifications relating to regeneration in an effort to aid future development projects, it has been re...

The number of homes being built on brownfield land in Peterborough is exceeding national targets by over 20 per cent, it has been reported. Peterbo...

House price inflation rose by 0.3 per cent in June as the property market showed signs of cooling, it has been revealed. The increase was just half...

The number of Britons looking to start up a construction-related business venture has risen significantly in the first quarter of 2007, according to n...