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Tory plan to scrap HIPs \"shambles\" - HIP Payment Services

Oct. 1, 2007

HIP Payment Services has branded Tory plans to scrap HIPs a \"chaotic shambles.\" Chief executive Jeff Smith commented: \"The suggestion that a Tory government…

Development of the month

Oct. 1, 2007

On the site of the former Saatchi Gallery in London’s St John’s Wood, a luxurious new gated scheme by Oakmayne Properties and Vanderbilt is underway. Steve Men…

Lifetime household tax hits £630K - TaxPayers\' Alliance

Oct. 1, 2007

The average household will pay £630,000 to the Treasury in a lifetime, according to estimates from the TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) published today (October 1).

Barratt and Zurich launch deposit deferral scheme

Oct. 1, 2007

Barratt Developments has signed up to a scheme that will allow buyers to defer paying the deposit on a new build home.

Tories pledge to raise stamp duty threshold and scrap HIPs

Oct. 1, 2007

Ahead of the possible general election, the Conservative government has proposed a handful of measures to aid the housing industry, including raising stamp dut…

Face to Face

Oct. 1, 2007

Chief executive of the UK Green Building Council, PAUL KING, is on a mission to help transform the building industry

Simplification through collaboration

Oct. 1, 2007

Duncan Salmon and Peter Stockdale (pictured) of Campbell Hooper examine the need for a more transparent and flexible approach to public private partnerships

Club culture

Oct. 1, 2007

Gavin Davidson, property director at ThePropertyInvestmentMarket.com looks at the ongoing reciprocal relationship between housebuilders and buy-to-let investors

Design brief - Placemaking approach

Oct. 1, 2007

Savills’ head of residential research Yolande Barnes explains the property value-enhancing benefits of “sustainable urbanism” and why it requires a cultural sh…

News analysis

Oct. 1, 2007

Mark Smulian looks into the government’s newly announced housing and planning delivery grant and finds that behind the £500 million headlines, the details are …