All Housing articles – Page 190
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CommentWhy brick data are still useful in tracking housebuilding
Brick deliveries data can tell us a lot about the number of homes being built but the relationship between the two is weakening
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CommentThe Public Accounts Committee is bang on when it comes to the New Homes Bonus
Evidence is now coming to light that the New Homes Bonus exacerbates the problem it’s designed to ease
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NewsMitie awarded £117m council repairs contract
Ten year contract for Hammersmith Fulham council in London covers more than 17,000 homes
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CommentWhat really drives planning applications?
Using data from Barbour ABI we’ve looked at how market conditions influence planning applications, and the results are perhaps surprising
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News‘Build to rent’ viable across England, says EC Harris
Research finds ‘build to rent’ model is viable across more than 50% of English local authorities
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CommentIs it wintertime for housing policy?
The leaves are falling, and the government has just downgraded the importance of housing policy. But a new model is still needed to build at scale
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NewsISG lands £20m high-end London resi scheme
Contractor will restore three grade II-listed buildings into luxury homes
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FeaturesUphill all the way: Pre-commencement conditions
Housebuilders are up in arms about councils’ use of pre-commencement conditions, which they say are holding back schemes that have been granted planning permission
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NewsCountryside bags £150m Alma regeneration project
Housing developer will redevelop the London Borough of Enfield’s Alma Estate
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CommentHousing challenge requires whole new politics
Are the current crop of politicians up to the task of solving the UK housing crisis?
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NewsPocket sells 10% of its shares
Greater London Enterprise Group to take stake in affordable housing developer
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NewsHousing stats: New-build sales and completions in September 2013
Completions and registrations are both significantly up on this time last year
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NewsOsborne tried to block zero carbon pledge
Former minister accuses chancellor of attempting to walk away from zero carbon homes target
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FeaturesForeign investment in housing
With London house prices rising 10% this month and alarm that more people than ever are being priced out of home ownership, pressure is growing to clamp down on foreign investors
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CommentCIL: a tax on all your houses
Could the Community Infrastructure Levy be more of a brake on housebuilding than local opposition?
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NewsOver 30 firms appointed to £1bn housing framework
Galliford Try, Morgan Sindall and Wates Living Space among those to win a place
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CommentStrengthening data push construction forecasters towards greater optimism
There is plenty of room for greater hope, but there remains plenty of reasons to temper optimism with caution
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NewsHousebuilding gathers paces across the UK
Housebuilding is rising in every part of the UK for the first time since the market crash, according to the RICS
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NewsMortgage lending at highest level for five years
Quarterly figures from the CML show lending up by a third on 2012