All housebuilding articles – Page 4
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CommentThe ever changing shape of housing tenure in England
Latest data shows continuing rise in the rental sector, driven down by the private sector
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CommentNicky come lately still doesn’t get it for all his Damascene conversion to capital spending
Nick Clegg doesn’t realise how important public spending is to unlock private sector funding
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CommentOptimism rises that 2013 will see more homes sold – that should mean more homes built
Buyer interest has been increasing since September, prices seem more stable and the Funding for Lending scheme may loosen the mortgage market
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Comment2013 kicks off with some unwelcome bad news for construction
The latest Markit/CIPS construction survey shows the sharpest drop in construction output since June 2012
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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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CommentWhy the CPA is right to push quantitative easing for house building
There’s growing backing in the construction industry for using the quantitative easing machine as a means to increase the number of homes being built
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CommentFigures show we are just not building enough homes. It is that simple
Latest statistics underline the massive task ahead for the government if it is to boost housebuilding to a level above that achieved before the recession
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CommentThe Housing Strategy: Was that it?
The government’s new strategy won’t deliver us from housing market purgatory and could serve to bump up house prices for new-build
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CommentHouse building figures provide no comfort in an age of uncertainty and need
Is the housing minister losing credibility?
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CommentThis decade will be the first in more than a century when Britain’s homes become more crowded
The rate we’re building homes is failing to keep pace with population growth
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CommentIs the planning system for homes getting worse?
The reported drop in planning permissions may seem like bad news, but be careful how you interpret these statistics
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CommentSpeeding up public land sales itself will not boost housebuilding
Housebuilders already have enough land - the challenge is to find buyers
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CommentAre we condemned to low levels of house building?
Housebuilders have rebased their businesses to build fewer homes - are they right to suspect a low housebuilding future?
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CommentWhy the Cala Homes' legal defeat shows it's time for housebuilders to wake up to localism
Yesterday’s ruling in favour of the government was not a surprise
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CommentA double-dip in house prices isn’t really the problem
The fall in transactions is going to hit the housebuilding industry much harder
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CommentNationwide joins other indexes to show house prices falling
House prices may be on the slide but there shouldn't be another collapse
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What can you get for £1.5bn?
Hard to say how many votes it will win him, but Gordon Brown’s £1.5bn contribution to the Homes and Communities Agency deserves a few cheers from the construction industry. The money is intended to deliver 20,000 affordable homes and build the infrastructure to stimulate another 10,000 private ones. The government ...
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Recovery a long way off as industry awaits housing recovery
April's improved new orders figures from the Office of National Statistics - up 17% on March - brought some cheer, with encouraging signs of activity from housebuilding and other sectors. However, given that the first quarter numbers were the worst since records began in 1983, recovery is a way off ...
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