All Housing articles – Page 286
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NewsMortgages up 15% in June
Rise means mortgage lending is 47% higher than last year during depths of credit crunch
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NewsHome starts hit one-year high
Despite overall rise, NHBC figures show private sector starts down 36% on a year ago
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NewsElephant back on track as Lend Lease renews deal
Lapsed agreement with Southwark council is revived for redevelopment of Elephant and Castle estate
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FeaturesDurkan to build £17m green flats for London key workers
Development of 145 apartments for Network Housing Group will meet level four of the Code for Sustainable Homes
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NewsMortgage lending jumps 17% in a month
But lenders attribute strong rise between May and June largely to seasonal factors
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NewsHousing market shows bounce in asking prices
Hopes of recovery boosted as Rightmove reports 0.6% rise in July, ending June's brief return to decline
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FeaturesWinners revealed at 61st Housing Design Awards
Top prize goes to Totnes scheme built by Galliford Try subsidiary in collaboration with the council and a community group
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NewsMcCarthy & Stone plans £500m land buying spree
Retirement housebuilder McCarthy & Stone plans to buy a site a week as part of a land-buying drive
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NewsGovernment’s bid to boost mortgages ‘is not working’
Committee of MPs hits out at policy ‘failure’ on flagship housing market revival scheme
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NewsReinventing the building society
Local authorities need cash to build houses; savers need somewhere to invest their cash. So, asks Kathleen Dunmore, why not get the two together?
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NewsHealey pledges new cash and ideas to kickstart housing
New minister lines up £1.7bn for PFI homes and promises thoroughgoing rethink of housebuilders’ business model
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New chairs for RDAs
The South East regional development agency has hired Rob Douglas and the North West RDA has hired Robert Hough
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HCA to crack down on environmental standard cheats
The Homes and Communities Agency will force builders to go back and improve new homes if they don’t meet the environmental standards claimed
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NewsFruitless: Make's Cherry Orchard faces planning refusal
Croydon council officials frown on architect’s application for Menta's £500m Cherry Orchard Road regeneration scheme
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NewsPlanning permission to depend on training
New government scheme threatens developers with planning refusal unless they commit to using apprentices
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Housing for the elderly
Proposals for housing to help the ageing population will be made by a group of experts assembled by the government
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NewsDecision on efficiency of zero-carbon homes delayed until end of year
News comes as housing minister outlines further details of definition of zero carbon
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NewsThe eco-towns saga: how not to win friends
Just how did the clever idea of a showcase for building green communities turn into a policy exercise of such embarrassment?