All Housing articles – Page 295
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NewsPlease sir, can we have some more?
Of course the Budget didn’t give us as much as we wanted. But, says Jon Neale, it’s questionable whether even more cash would help housebuilders. What we want more of is fresh thinking
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NewsPortland green housing scheme goes in for planning
HTA-designed development will have 77 homes, of which 23 will be affordable
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NewsBovis Homes reports 71% rise in trading in 2009
Private reservations for first four months strongly up on last year but still 25% down on 2007 peak
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NewsBarratt names new finance chief
David Thomas joins the housebuilder from video retail group Game to take over from Mark Pain
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NewsHouse prices drop 1.7%, reports Halifax
Market hopes dampened as lender's April figures show a continuing decline
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NewsTwo London schemes to get £16m kickstart
Homes and Communities Agency’s money will help Lambeth and Haringey development to complete
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NewsKier wins 10-year North Tyneside council contract
Agreement to improve, repair and maintain 16,000 council homes could be worth by worth up to £600m
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NewsGovernment launches fund for private rental housing
Homes and Communities Agency wants to encourage financial institutions to invest in rental property
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NewsDoncaster’s cultural 25%: Civic and cultural quarter
Muse Developments, the regeneration arm of Morgan Sindall, has won a £300m contract to build a civic and cultural quarter in Doncaster
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NewsBanks invited to bid for slice of £400m housing fund
Barratt and Countryside among housebuilders lining up bids to unlock schemes with Budget cash
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Cabe report into social housing design attacked as ‘unfair’
A housing association and a developer have hit out at a report that found social housing to be no better designed than private homes
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NewsIt could have been a lot worse
The housing industry was on tenterhooks before the Budget, hoping for a solution to all its woes. Well, we didn’t quite get that, say Toby Lloyd and Anthony Brand, but it’s a start …
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Right to buy ditched
The Scottish government has announced plans to end the right-to-buy policy for tenants in new-build council stock in the country
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The new Corgi
The Tenant Services Authority has reminded housing associations to ensure their gas safety engineers have signed the new register that replaced the Corgi system this month.
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Cumbria leaders
Murray Easton, formerly of BAE Systems, is to chair the board of Cumbria’s Barrow Vision scheme
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Westminster homes
London’s Westminster council has announced plans to build 500 homes in the borough on brownfield sites
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Retail inquiry
The communities select committee is holding an inquiry into plans to allow out-of-town retail parks to be built based on their impact rather than need
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Planning on the rise
Planning applications were at their highest level last month since September – 47,349 in England, Scotland and Wales, up from a low of 34,876 in December
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NewsHouse prices slip back in April, reports Nationwide
Fall of 0.4% dampens hopes spurred by 0.9% rise last month, as prices fail to follow usual seasonal pattern
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NewsLeeds' Granary Wharf tops out
Ceremony takes place on the Carey Jones-designed Candle House, the tallest tower on the £40m scheme