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The Construction Products Association described today's Budget as 'overtly political', while the Federation of Master Builders is disappointed it didn't adequately deal with the lack of mortgage finance.

Today's Budget speech will limit stamp duty for first time buyers to purchases over a quarter of a million pounds, the BBC believes.

As anticipated, Chancellor Alistair Darling has doubled the limit for stamp duty for first-time buyers from £125,000 to £250,000.

Plumbers merchant Plumb Center, part of Wolseley UK, is offering a solar roofing service.

The last homes to be improved under the Government's Decent Homes Programme will not be completed until 2018, eight years after the original 2010 target.

Three men broke into a builders merchants in Cardigan, Wales, in order to vandalise the burglar alarm which had been set off by an earlier break-in.

With housing construction at its lowest level since the Second World War the Home Builders Federation (HBF) is warning MPs to address the situation as a matter of urgency.

The Federation of Master Builders today published its manifesto for the general election today, calling for more support for the construction industry.

Builders and plumbers merchant chain Wolseley plc has reported a 15% decline in first-half earnings, but 'good progress' in getting back on track.

Builders and plumbers merchant chain Wolseley could sell off 19 of its businesses, including Build Center, if it decides they are non-core or failed to perform.