Housing News – Page 248
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Mansell’s £3.6m win
Construction firm Mansell has won a £3.6m contract to design and build 20 homes
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Social mortgages
One of the UK’s largest housing associations will bring out its own range of mortgages
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Calls to delay the code
A Midlands-based developer is calling on the government to delay the introduction of the Code for Sustainable Homes
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Fate of UDCs in balance as government ponders their role
A government review of urban development corporations may decide to abolish them and hand their powers to local authorities
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NewsLib Dems warn of repossession time bomb as rescue scheme fails
Alarm grows after news that government's £280m mortgage rescue scheme has helped just six households
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NewsHCA to offer contractors land for housing
Agency to tempt new building firms into housing market with land for equity deal
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NewsPM raids Decent Homes to fund election promise on housebuilding
Repair programme may be cut to fund £1.5bn manifesto pledge for 30,000 new social homes, say newspaper reports
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NewsHouse price trends turn positive, reports Nationwide
Quarterly rate of change turns positive for first time in 18 months and annual decline slips into single figures
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NewsGovernment pledges £1.5bn to affordable homes
Investment over next two years aims to deliver 20,000 new homes and create 45,000 jobs
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NewsPerrins replaces Pidgley as Berkeley boss
Finance director Rob Perrins takes over operational duties at housebuilder as Tony Pidgley becomes chairman
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NewsThere'll always be Dalston
Plans to build 207 homes in Dalston, east London, have been given the go-ahead by Hackney council
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NewsEven if they wanted to
Robin Hardy explains why mortgage lending will not, and cannot, return to anything close to 2007 levels
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NewsGovernment U-turn on Part L provokes industry fury
Plan to force homeowners to include eco measures in home improvements dropped at last minute
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Regeneration fund deadline may block bigger schemes
London mayor adviser warns 2011 completion date will rule out complex projects from Kickstart cash
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Norwich bags £7.5m from HCA
The government’s housing agency will plough £7.5m into new homes in Norwich as part of a deal with the city’s council
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New home registration hits highest level since July 2008
The number of planned new homes has hit its highest level for nearly a year, new figures show
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in May 2009
May’s total registrations were up 9% on the previous month, but sales were down from May last year
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NewsTelford Homes buys Clifford Contracting
East London housebuilder makes acquisition for £6.3m to improve cash flow
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NewsRepossession forecast downgraded by 15%
Trade association ups optimism as interest rate cuts make morgage payments more affordable
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News2012 affordable housing plans confirmed
ODA signs off £269m agreement with Triathlon Homes to turn athletes' village into low-cost homes