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Housebuilder Iceni Homes has announced plans to develop 1,000 much needed affordable homes in Cambridgeshire,

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Tottenham Hotspur will no longer be required to develop affordable homes as part of the development of the football club's new stadium.

Spurs have been linked with a move away from the Tottenham area and have made a bid to take control of the Olympic Stadium in Stratford once the Olympic Games are over.

Redrow is urging house hunters hoping to secure affordable new homes in Lancashire to act quickly to pick up one of the new apartments and houses for sale at Cedar Walk near Chorley, which are still available with the Government-backed HomeBuy Direct initiative, before the first-time buyer's Stamp Duty holiday is lifted at the end of March 2012.

New homes developer Countryside Properties has witnessed an increase in the volume of first time buyers purchasing affordable homes at its East City Point development in Canning Town E16.

With 28 new homes sales since the start of marketing in late October there is substantial demand with many purchasers realising that it can be cheaper and more desirable to buy an affordable home than simply rent.

Kier Partnership Homes will develop around 700 new homes on a former hospital site in Derby, after striking an agreement with the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) and Derby City Council.

The redevelopment of the Manor & Kingsway site, which will also include various retail and office space, is expected to take about 10 years to complete.

Genesis has launched a collection of new affordable homes in Northampton at Highfields in Brixworth, on the back of its sales success at The Bridleways where only five new homes remain for sale.

Still celebrating its recent success at the London Planning Awards, where it won the accolade Best New Place to Live, Highbury Gardens is now offering 39 new affordable homes for sale to homebuyers in the capital.

Almost 100 new affordable homes will be constructed in Borehamwood, as part of a wider affordable housing initiative in Hertfordshire.

Despite a severe shortage of affordable homes in London, construction activity in the affordable housing sector in the capital is expected to fall, once the Olympics development is over, according to a new report from Drivers Jonas Deloitte.

Housebuilder Countryside Properties has launched a selection of new affordable homes in at its Horizon One development in Gravesend, Kent.

All new homes at the scheme are available under the FirstBuy initiative, an equity loan scheme designed to help first-time buyers get on the property ladder.