‘New action’ needed to help low-income buyers onto housing ladder

A new report into government-backed home ownership schemes says "new action" is required to help more low-income buyers. The independent study found that current programmes such as Help to Buy are more likely to benefit financially better-off househunters. Around three in five first-time buyers responding to the survey said they would have bought anyway and ... Read More...

Housebuilders back State of the Nation housing calls

Calls for the government to address social mobility problems in Britain with new housing measures have been backed by Merseyside housebuilders. Faye Whiteoak, Redrow’s development director for Liverpool, believes the recommendations made in the Social Mobility Commission’s State of the Nation 2016 report will add much needed housing stock and benefit the ... Read More...