The government has accepted the CMA’s recommendations for a single mandatory consumer code for housebuilders and a New Homes Ombudsman Scheme to strengthen homeowners’ protections.

A quality code for the construction of new homes has been published in a bid to drive up quality and strengthen protection for customers in the residential market.

The Dispute Service has been selected to provide the New Homes Ombudsman service and has named Alison MacDougall as the ombudsman designate.

The New Homes Quality Board (NHQB) has published a new code of practice for housebuilders.