All house building articles – Page 6
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NewsL&G lining up management team for affordable housing operation
Newcomers will oversee affordable home construction and operational management
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NewsBarratt CEO David Thomas joins board of HBF
Housebuilder boss joining federation at a “crucial time” for the industry
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NewsLovell and Homes England reach deal for £45m Leyland scheme
Lancashire scheme will see 200 homes built
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NewsGovernment pledges over £850m to local housing projects
More than 100 council-led schemes will receive funding
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NewsHousebuilders looking to modern methods to plug housing gap, says survey
Skills shortage and Brexit still pose major barriers to increasing housing stock
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NewsPeers question big housebuilders' performance as Persimmon is chastised
Lord Best says housebuilders won’t deliver the quality or quantity of homes required
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NewsBorrow more money for new housing, says Javid
Government can “take advantage of record-low interest rates”
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CommentInterpreting today’s house building data
It’s easy to see a turning point in housebuilding if you look at the figures, but they still point to some major issues in the industry
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CommentMore families share homes as squeeze on housing tightens
Data indicates further stress caused by a lack of housing
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CommentThe real home truth is that the government can and should do more to boost house building
If the state wants more homes it will have to build those homes itself
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CommentAwful house building figures put the Shapps Gold Standard further in doubt
A huge boost in funding is needed if the government is to hit its target of the pre-recession level of housebuilding
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CommentSo what should we expect the housing market to do in 2012?
Despite government schemes to boost house building it looks as though growth in private house sales will be constrained
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CommentThings may look slightly better in the housing market, but I wouldn’t get too excited
What are the medium-term prospects of the housing market?
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Comment
2011 is set to be worst year in decades for UK house sales
This could be the worst year for house sales in this recession
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CommentReasons to be cheerful as the official construction figures show output dropping
In an industry as changeable as ours you shouldn’t read too much into monthly figures
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CommentThe dials are set for a long period of flatlining but it's high house prices that bode ill for building
If we can’t shift houses that are already built, how can we build more?
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CommentMr Cameron, here’s how to build 500,000 homes and net £10bn for the Treasury – well maybe
Is David Cameron’s call for a ‘housing revolution’ too good to be true?
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CommentDon’t read scare stories into the housing figures – we already know things are bad
The latest CLG housebuilding figures are in
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CommentHalf-term report for the housing market 2011 – fragile and flatlining
The recent stats to emerge on the housing market make for worrying reading
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CommentEngland’s housing stock grows slower than the population for the first time in decades
The historic trend of increasing the pool of homes faster than population growth looks like going into reverse