The Scottish Parliament’s Finance Committee has given its backing to legislation that will levy a supplement on the purchase of additional houses.
...Home owners living in their first home are increasingly looking to move into bigger four bedroom detached houses, reducing the number of steps they’re taking on the property ladder to get to their long term family home.
...A recent survey by the Building Societies Association (BSA) has revealed that around 50% of the population would oppose a major house building programme if it was in their immediate neighbourhood.
...House prices in the latest three months (December 2013-February 2014) were 2.1% higher than in the preceding three months, according to the latest Halifax House Price Index.
...There has been a 19% increase in the number of new homes registered in Q3 in the UK, compared to the same period last year. The recent figures, from the NHBC, show that there were 33,573 new homes registered in the period from July to September this year.
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