All Housing articles – Page 266
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NewsShapps to rush out guidance as planning grinds to halt
Housing minister to bring in rule changes in ’next two months’ as up to 40 councils halt or delay plans
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NewsPickles confirms £146m planning cuts
The local authority subsidy was intended to speed up planning decisions
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CommentThe end of garden grabbing: what it really means
Housebuilders shouldn’t fear anti-garden grabbing measures – there are worse planning changes afoot
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NewsBovis Homes launches 90% mortgage with Barclays
Housebuilder’s provision of indemnity to bank enables high loan-to-value mortgage
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NewsBristol contractor goes into liquidation
Spiller Builders stopped trading after not receiving payment for work on London housing development
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NewsGovernment plans to stop developers building homes on gardens
Measures against garden grabbing include reallocation from brownfield category and binning density targets
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NewsHousing industry fears cuts will damage recovery
Online poll for Housing Now virtual event reveals over two-thirds think government’s £6bn cuts are a threat
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NewsGovernment to scrap housing density laws
Guardian reports that housebuilders will be freed from minimum density targets
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NewsEx-Barratt boss to found new housebuilder
Adam Lawrence has been given £100m to set up London-based company
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Housing market slowing, says Halifax
Survey shows drop in house prices and 18% fall in sales compared to 2009
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Housing mandarin bags £180k
Salary details released by the Cabinet Office show that housing mandarin Richard McCarthy earns up to £180,000 a year.
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NewsPlanning applications in May 2010
Tesco grabs the top spot this month with two contracts worth £222m
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Scottish private housebuilding reaches 29-year low
Private housebuilding in Scotland has fallen to its lowest level in almost three decades
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FeaturesMainstream green: Brighton belle
One Brighton is the brainchild of the team behind super-green development BedZed. But although sustainability is at the heart of the scheme, it’s going to do it its own sweet way
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NewsCabe to call for single tough housing benchmark
Design quango wants standard, based on Building for Life, to be included in planning regulation
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Ex-Redrow boss moves to Gladedale
Neil Fitzsimmons, the former boss of housebuilder Redrow, has become chief executive of Gladedale.
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NewsHCA told to work up proposals for slimmed-down future
The Homes and Communities Agency has been told to work up a series of options for how it might be slimmed down to aid a ministerial decision about its future over the summer.
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NewsCharles asks: Would you live in the homes you build?
Prince of Wales sets out new rule of thumb for housebuilders
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Double dip predicted for Europe house prices
Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s says French homes are the most overvalued, followed by the UK and Spain
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NewsNew government advice could halt housebuilding, warns HBF
Home builders fear scrapped housing plans could cause construction hiatus