All Housing articles – Page 186
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NewsGovernment accelerates Help to Buy
Treasury brings forward the mortgage guarantee element of the Help to Buy scheme from January
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CommentZen and the Art of Building Regulations
Codes and ratings should be voluntary as we will default to mediocrity if we try to legislate for excellence
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CommentChanging our culture for 'deep' retrofit
We need to substantially change the way we work to achieve the highest standards of energy efficiency and enjoy the benefits this would bring
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NewsGreen light for 3,500-home scheme near Norwich
Joint venture development team wins outline consent for major scheme near Norwich
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CommentThe inevitable fate of Help to Buy
Chancellor George Osborne reportedly rowing back on mortgage guarantee programme
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NewsHousing stats: New-build sales and completions in August
Daily sales are less than this time last year, but private completions and registrations are both higher
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NewsHousebuilders warn of supply chain bottleneck
Firms warn UK suppliers have been caught ‘on the hop’ by resurgent housing market
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NewsMiliband pledges major housebuilding push
Labour claims it will boost number of homes built per year to 200,000 by end of the 2020 parliament
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CommentSelf-build on a different scale
Actually, says Tim Byles, demand for self-build is already there and while there’s nothing wrong with one-off Grand Design projects, what we need now is something altogether more mainstream
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NewsIan Sutcliffe appointed Countryside boss
Former Keepmoat and Taylor Wimpey veteran made executive chair
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CommentThe flaw in Miliband's plan
The Labour leader’s ideas on land-banking aren’t the answer to delivering homes in a recession
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NewsLabour will 'double rate of housebuilding'
Shadow housing minister says a Labour government would help the industry to build on a ‘grand scale’
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NewsMiliband proposes major housebuilding push
Labour to set up new commission chaired by Sir Michael Lyons to examine ways to boost housebuilding to 200,000 homes per year
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CommentLabour would put housing and construction centre stage
A Labour government would put housing and construction at the heart of economic recovery, write shadow ministers Jack Dromey and Iain Wright
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NewsLabour pledges 'continuity' on housing policy
Shadow housing minister says party would continue with many of coalition’s reforms on housing and planning policy to ensure continuity
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NewsGreen light for £50m housing scheme in Blackpool
A £50m housing development has been approved by Blackpool council
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CommentThe limitations of the localist agenda
Three years on from Eric Pickles’ changes, we must help the government get planning right
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NewsGrainger seeks housebuilder for Aldershot scheme
Developer wants partner for 228-home first phase
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FeaturesShould the government get rid of the Code for sustainable homes?
In his blog, Good riddance to the Code for sustainable homes, Neil May, managing director of Natural Building Technologies, wrote: The world-leading, growth-fuelling, planet-saving, highly innovative sustainability programme for new build, launched by the last government as the Code for Sustainable Homes, was a disaster. Click here to read ...