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Budget 2007 Announcement: Green Homes

Gordon Brown also announced a series of "green" measures in today's budget announcement including exempting all new zero-carbon homes worth up to £500,000 from stamp duty, reducing VAT on energy-saving products and grants of up to £4,000 for pensions to insulate their homes. 

For more of Gordon Brown's announcement, visit our special Budget 2007 section.

 

 

Posted by on March 21, 2007 05:38 PM |

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Future green building must take account of the "green washing" that seems to be accelerating throughout the real estate market place. I've seen repeated use of words like "green" and "stewardship" across the board. I've seen some Realtors using the word "green" in their ads, knowing that awareness is elevating by the media and they use that hype to drive more traffic to their listings.

I've ran across great sites such as http://www.ListedGreen.com ( Listed Green ) that screen developers and realtors so as to minimize the "green washing" effect.

Some blogs have been overused in this regard as well. Hopefully, the general public can sift through this green hype and really see the changes that builders and developers have to do to reduce our carbon footprint.

Posted by: dave | May 10, 2007 05:19 PM

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