Kate Davies - Council of Mortgage Lenders
Stakeholder Interview 9 October 2006
Kate Davies, senior policy advisor at the Council of Mortgage Lenders, speaks to ePolitix.com about the Open Market HomeBuy scheme.
Armed forces get homes subsidy
News Article 20 September 2006
Members of the armed forces are to receive a subsidy to buy their own homes under new government plans.
Tories pledge to turn rents into mortgages
Press Review 18 August 2006
David Cameron has pledged to allow "millions" of council house tenants to own their own home under a radical new policy.
Cameron calls for housing revolution
News Article 17 August 2006
The Conservative leader has called for a radical extension of Margaret Thatcher's flagship 'right-to-buy' housing policy.
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Home sales pack scheme shelved
Press Review 19 July 2006
The government has performed a U-turn on plans to introduce the home sales pack scheme next year.
Housing help 'should be targeted'
News Article 14 July 2006
Parliament's spending watchdog has said ministers must improve the efficiency of their low-cost home ownership schemes to help more people get on to the property ladder.
Cooper rejects second-home tax
Press Review 3 July 2006
Planning minister Yvette Cooper has indicated the government will resist calls to introduce curbs and higher taxes on second homes.
Energy plan for house sales
News Article 14 June 2006
Yvette Cooper has outlined new measures to ensure that every home bought and sold in England will, from next June, come complete with its own energy rating.
Fears over rural housing
Press Review 18 May 2006
The government's affordable rural housing commission has suggested that areas where local people are being priced out of the market should be able to ban people from turning their properties into second homes.
First-time buyers
Policy Consultation 27 March 2006
ePolitix.com Stakeholders respond to attempts by both the government and Opposition to help first time buyers on to the property ladder.
Parties woo first time buyers
News Article 27 March 2006
Both Labour and the Conservatives have set out plans to help first time buyers onto the first rung of the property ladder.
Tories slam home sellers packs
Press Review 10 March 2006
The Tories have joined forces with estate agents to demand that the government thinks again on the planned home sellers' packs.
Home ownership 'a matter of social justice'
News Article 9 March 2006
The Conservatives have backed an expansion of shared ownership schemes to help more people onto the property ladder.
Cameron to help house buyers
Press Review 9 March 2006
Conservative leader David Cameron is today unveiling a range of measures to help first-time buyers get on the property ladder.
