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21 August, 2008
House price slide and lending squeeze conspire to hit first-half profits at UK housebuilder
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Housing and Regeneration
News
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Government admits house sales figures may be wrong
21 August, 2008
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Blears saves Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands' Doon Street tower
20 August, 2008
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Scottish affordable housing gets £100m boost
20 August, 2008
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Mortgage lending shows slight upturn in July
20 August, 2008
Case studies
Colchester Borough Homes: Caring for dying tenants
13 August, 2008
One of the first schemes to allow terminally ill council tenants to die in their own homes has won a national award
Comment
Breaking down the levy
13 August, 2008
Our columnist explains how the community infrastructure levy could operate
On the streets
Housing associations urge young Londoners to put down guns
13 August, 2008
Landlords hold dance event to oppose gun and knife crime
Regenerate TV & audio
How will regeneration areas do in the downturn?
13 August, 2008
The latest IPD Regeneration Index showed property investments in regeneration areas slumping. Rebecca Graham, senior analyst at IPD, tells how regeneration areas could perform now based on how they did in the last recession
Sustainability
Is the eco-town dream dead?
25 July 2008
Practically the first move of the Brown regime was to yank the supercasino and announce plans for eco-towns. Developers were entranced by them at first, but a year later they look a decidedly dicey bet. So will any be built?
Makin wins approval for Manchester's first zero-carbon flats
22 July, 2008
Moylan Homes' sustainable city-centre housing development will be green in more ways than one
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Eco-towns under threat as more bidders withdraw
11 July 2008
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Tories turn on eco-towns as protestors march on parliament
30 June, 2008
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TCPA tackles climate change
13 June 2008
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Waste and how to tame it
Regulations April 2008
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The UK's first code level five homes
Regulations April 2008
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The Barratt code level six house, a guide
2008 Issue 15
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Blinded by eco-bling
March 2008
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How do you solve a problem like sustainability
March 2008
Features and profiles
Michael Eavis: the Glastonbury Festival founder talks rural housing
15 August 2008
You might think that a man with 900 acres of farmland and the Glastonbury festival to run has enough to keep himself busy. But Michael Eavis has decided to help solve the rural housing crisis as well. Thom Gibbs finds out why
Here is the verdict on the BRE's super homes ...
8 August 2008
Envelopes: Four houses on the BRE Innovation Park have made the first steps towards meeting the upper levels of the Code for Sustainable Homes. Stephen Kennett finds out what we can learn from these pioneers
Building Regulations
Sprinklers: in the line of fire
Specifier 18th July 2008
Regulations - The government wants all new and refurbished schools to include sprinkler systems. But is this enough to combat the widespread problem of school arson? Stephen Kennett reports
The alternatives: fire prevention
Specifier 18th July 2008
Ways to make schools safer from the risk of fire using security measures and sprinkler systems
Data
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Housing stats - new build sales and completions in June
Housing stats - new build sales and completions in June
25 July 2008
This month’s data reveals that private registrations are at 40% of the level they were a year ago.
Talking point
Could council mortgages kickstart the housing market?
6 August, 2008
Housing expert Alan Murie of Birmingham University gives his views on proposals to bolster housing.
CIH 2008
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Economist slams government targets on home ownership
19 June, 2008
Ian Shepherdson says encouraging 70-80% of people to become homeowners is "nuts"
Regulator to keep closer watch on troubled housing associations
18 June, 2008
Housing Corporation will eye those most at risk from the credit crunch
Councils to be penalised for late local plans
19 June, 2008
Government threatens to get tough with local authorities that fail to draw up local development frameworks
Housing inspector brings in spot checks for worst services
17 June, 2008
Audit Commission to make short-notice swoops on associations