Housing Minister, Grant Shapps, wants self-build to become a mainstream housing option and has promised to make publicly-owned land available to ordinary people who want to build their own homes. According to the minister, self-builders (as a group) are already Britain’s largest housebuilder, accounting for about one in five of new homes each year. However, [...]
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Homes no longer investments for old age
The era in which Britons saw their homes as investments for retirement is over, according to housing minister, Grant Shapps.
In a recent interview with The Guardian, Mr Shapps argues in favour of a stable housing market, which he describes as a market with slow-rising prices that could result in prices dropping, in real terms, over [...]
