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Rural housing proposals: Your views
Summary from the United Kingdom, from articles in English
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First time buyers struggling to afford a home will be offered new help under plans being unveiled by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott on Monday. (article 3)
Prescott is expected to allow social housing tenants to buy a stake in their homes at a discount so they can cash in on rising house prices. (article 3)
First-time buyers are unable to afford homes in most of the UK's towns according to a report by the Halifax bank. (article 1)
The study indicates that average-priced homes in 548 out of 597 main UK postal towns are now beyond the means of people on average salaries. (article 1)
Stamp duty will be slashed to help first-time buyers get a foot on the housing ladder under plans being drawn up by the government. (article 4)
This is intended to reassure rural campaigners who claim the government's planned wave of housebuilding will lead to the concreting over of the countryside. (article 4)
However plans being discussed between Prescott and Chancellor Gordon Brown would go much further, with a shake-up of stamp duty to be unveiled before the election. (article 4)
This comes as people living in the area are struggling to compete with second home buyers in a region where demand far outstrips supply. (article 2)
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Event tracking:
Story keywords
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housing, UK, afford, Buy, Dales |
Source articles
- Have Your Say (BBC News, 01/23/2005, 4239 words)
- Rural housing proposals: Your views (BBC News, 01/21/2005, 5540 words)
- Help offer for first time buyers (BBC News, 01/24/2005, 559 words)
- Stamp duty cut for first homes (observer.guardian.co.uk, 01/23/2005, 494 words)
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