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BBC Property Watch Looking for First Time Buyers - Tuesday, January 06, 2009

The BBC is working on a follow-up series to 'The Truth About Property' which is called 'Property Watch' and will be a studio-based set of programmes scheduled to be shown on BBC2 in May. The series will feature journalist Andrew Verity travelling around the UK hearing various property stories and experiences.

They are looking for first-time buyers or people who would like to enter the property market and are happy to receive people's thoughts and opinions, as well as hearing their own stories and scenarios.

Please contact Nicola Cutcher on nicola.cutcher@bbc.co.uk if you are interested.

PricedOut.org.uk

PricedOut.org.uk is the national campaign for affordable house prices and is actively lobbying the government to:

Get house price inflation under control
Provide homes for families not property speculators
Oppose shared equity shemes designed to prop up house prices
Enforce affordable, sensible loans
Crack down on empty homes and unfair advantages for 2nd home owners

Priced Out needs you! Get involved by:

Sharing your thoughts and experiences in our Forum
Taking part in the campaign

House prices are falling

House prices have been falling for several months. Use these tools to track the falls:

Property Snake - Falls in prices by postcode.
Property Bee - Track the change in prices on the Rightmove site.

Think high house prices are good for you?

Think again. Find out how high prices are really costing you and your family more money.

Gordon Brown, 1997 Budget Speech.

Visit Property Bee to track price changes!

Ratio of averge UK house prices to average earnings 1970-2007

Petition

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/landlordspaytax/

This petition is now closed. In total 319 signatures agreed with the petition statement:

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Remove all tax incentives and bonuses that property investors currently enjoy.

The phenomenal rise in popularity of Buy-to-Let investment and other types of residential investment is a significant contributor to house price inflation. There is now an obscene divide between people who own property as investment and those priced out of home owner-occupation and the security that brings them and their families. Tax breaks on property investment only add to this economic disparity and must be removed as a minimum step towards levelling the playing field.

Read the response to this petition, issued by the Prime Minister's office here.

A similar petition here runs until July 2008.

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