Homeowners stuck with shoddy new-builds

Just over half of new-home owners have experienced major problems with their properties, says Sarah Moore.

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Poll finds 98% of new-home owners have some problems
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A group of people who bought houses from Bovis Homes plans to take legal action against the housebuilder for selling poor-quality homes, says Julia Kollewe in The Guardian. This comes just a year after the housebuilder issued a profit warning and was accused of paying thousands of pounds in cash incentives to get buyers to move into unfinished homes.

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Sarah is MoneyWeek's investment editor. She graduated from the University of Southampton with a BA in English and History, before going on to complete a graduate diploma in law at the College of Law in Guildford. She joined MoneyWeek in 2014 and writes on funds, personal finance, pensions and property.