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Burnham’s Your First Home scheme ‘could boost Bellway’s house output by 10%’
UK NewsBusiness•October 13, 2026 at 12:59 PMNational

Burnham’s Your First Home scheme ‘could boost Bellway’s house output by 10%’

By Julia Kollewe•The Guardian - UK News

Help-to-buy initiative for England could slow market while first-time buyers wait for launch, builder admitsBusiness live – latest updatesThe new Your First Home programme for first-time buyers could increase the number of houses British builder Bellway produces each year by 10%, its boss has said.Faced with a chronic shortage of homes, the government has made housing one of its top priorities and Andy Burnham’s surprise announcement of the YFH scheme a fortnight ago sent housebuilders’ shares soaring by more than 10%. Continue reading...

Help-to-buy initiative for England could slow market while first-time buyers wait for launch, builder admits

The new Your First Home programme for first-time buyers could increase the number of houses British builder Bellway produces each year by 10%, its boss has said.

Faced with a chronic shortage of homes, the government has made housing one of its top priorities and Andy Burnham’ssurprise announcement of the YFH scheme a fortnight ago sent housebuilders’ shares soaring by more than 10%.

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