| Farmland price rise | | 11:34am Wednesday 30th April 2008 | | FARMLAND rose in value by an average of 34 per cent in the year to March 2008 new figures show. |
| Lettings advice to estate agents | | 11:33am Wednesday 30th April 2008 | | ESTATE agents who deal with lettings are being advised by their ombudsman, Christopher Hamer, to pay particular attention to their dealings with clients. |
| First timers in save struggle | | 1:17pm Wednesday 23rd April 2008 | | POTENTIAL first-time buyers are finding it more difficult to save for their deposits, because of the rise in the cost of living. |
| ‘Don’t cut any corners' alert | | 1:16pm Wednesday 23rd April 2008 | | WITH demand for rented housing likely to soar due to the credit crunch, the Association of Residential Letting Agents has warned agents and landlords not to take advantage by cutting corners. |
 | Energy doesn’t grow on trees | | 1:15pm Wed 23 Apr 08 | | NEARLY eight million households are basking in Mediterranean temperatures because the heating is on too high, according to the Energy Saving Trust. |
| Fear of negative equity | | 3:41pm Friday 18th April 2008 | | Up to one in 10 families could be plunged into negative equity if house prices fall by 15%, an investment bank has warned. |
| Confusion about Home Information Packs | | 10:22am Wednesday 9th April 2008 | | THE house selling public are still not fully clued up on Home Information Packs, now required on all homes which are put on the market, as the following story illustrates. |
| Make more grants available | | 10:21am Wednesday 9th April 2008 | | THE drive to improve the energy efficiency of houses by the Government, has prompted calls for VAT on home improvements. |
 | Saving you energy on home hunting | | 10:20am Wed 9 Apr 08 | | HOUSE builders and designers have less than eight years to grapple with the technologies which will make the government's Code for Sustainable Housing possible. |
| Green rating for new homes | | 11:16am Wednesday 26th March 2008 | | ALL new homes are to be rated on their green credentials from May 1, as part of the Government's drive towards zero carbon housing. |
| Darling Budget mixed reaction | | 11:31am Wednesday 19th March 2008 | | THE Home Builders' Federation has reacted with disappointment to Alistair Darling's first Budget for failing to help first-time buyers. |
| New rules to help cut carbon | | 11:30am Wednesday 19th March 2008 | | NEW rules to allow homeowners to install solar panels, ground source heat pumps and other technologies to help cut carbon emissions have been given the green light by Planning Minister Caroline Flint. |
| Stamp duty: Chancellor rapped | | 11:29am Wednesday 19th March 2008 | | THE National Association of Estate Agents is angry that Chancellor Alistair Darling has again side-stepped the real issue in the housing market. |
| Agents calling for stamp duty break | | 4:01pm Thursday 13th March 2008 | | ESTATE agent Your Move has called on Chancellor Alistair Darling to give first time buyers a stamp duty holiday in today's Budget. |
| Quake claims to run into millions | | 4:01pm Thursday 13th March 2008 | | SAINSBURY'S Finance believes the insurance industry could receive more than home insurance claims as a result of the recent earthquake, which reached 5.2 on the Richter Scale. |
| Warning over land banking | | 4:00pm Thursday 13th March 2008 | | DEVELOPERS who are slow to build homes on land for which they have already gained planning permission should be taxed to discourage them from manipulating the property market, according to the Royal Town Planning Institute. |
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