How investors can play the housing market boom

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We look at ways investors can take advantage of the rising tide in the housing market.

Chancellor George Osborne has been fanning the sparks of a booming housing market in bid to lift the economy out of its protracted rut. By January 2014, four schemes will have been pedalled out using public funding to help both first time buyers and second steppers onto the property ladder. Such schemes have also opened up opportunities for savvy investors. Charles Galbraith, managing director of Sippdeal, the investment platform, says: "House building stocks have surged since the announcement of the introduction of the Help to Buy scheme in the Budget. He says that while it is ...

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