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August 2007 News from around the UK

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  • UK housing market is 'overvalued'

UK house prices are at least 20% overvalued compared with their long term average, according to credit rating agency Fitch.

Fitch, which judges how risky debt is, looked at how house prices have raced away from incomes over the past decade

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  • Government must focus on land supply to meet Green Paper aspirations

Responding to today's Housing Green Paper, Stewart Baseley Executive Chairman of the Home Builders Federation said:

"Fundamental to delivery of all the Governments objectives is the provision of sufficient land with implementable planning permissions. Only this will enable us to build the full range of extra homes the country needs. This Green Paper is a step in the right direction towards meeting housing demand and easing affordability.

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  • UK and France push for VAT cut on green goods(26 July 2007)

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have made a joint call for reduced value-added tax rates for products which are less environmentally damaging than their alternatives

Under the bilateral proposals, this would mean incentives on a whole range of goods, from energy efficient light bulbs and fridges to fuel efficient cars and insulation material.

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  • PM says infrastructure review needed after floods

Prime Minister Gordon Brown says the location of infrastructure will have to be reviewed after the summer floods in England.
His comments came after the rising waters knocked out Gloucestershire's main water treatment works and threatened an electricity substation.

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  • Mortgage figures show rates resilience

Borrowing 'defies gravity' and brings the prospect of 6 per cent interest rates a step closer

Britons’ appetite for mortgages remained surprisingly strong in June despite the rising cost of borrowing, figures showed today, raising fears that higher interest rates may still be needed to cool the housing market.

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