All Housing articles – Page 311
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CPA raises doubts over government’s 2009 spending pledge
Industry experts have called on the government to provide clearer details of its pledge to bring forward public spending on construction projects to combat the recession, amid fears that is recycling old commitments.
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NewsHousing stats: New-build sales and completions in September 2008
While private starts are at just one-third of their 2007 figure, public housing is relatively stable
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Mayor backtracks on 50,000 affordable homes target
Boris Johnson says 50,000 homes will be ‘delivered’ – but not necessarily newly built
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NewsThe suburban carbon slashers
It looks like a thirties terrace but it's leading the way in getting rid of almost all carbon emissions
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NewsLow cost eco-housing on show at Interbuild
Birmingham exhibition to showcase offsite affordable housing which costs £60,000 per unit as well as timber-framed Code Level 5 house
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NewsHousing associations primed to bail out troubled landlords
Tenant Services Authority makes list of take over partners for bankrupt associations
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NewsNorthern exposure
Sarah Webb of the Chartered Institute of Housing tells us what the UK and Canadian housing sectors could learn from eachother
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NewsGovernment housing measures hurt market
Housebuilders say small government initiatives make buyers delay purchase
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NewsBloor sells excess units to housing association
First housebuilder takes up government offer to part-fund transfer of unsold homes to public sector
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NewsHow the credit crunch is hitting private tenants
The housing slump could see more private tenants lose their homes and unscuplulous landlords move into the market. But our columnist says greater regulation could be an unexpected boon for institutional investors
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NewsBoard members for new housing agencies announced
16 board members of Homes and Communities Agency and Tenant Services Authority named
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NewsMortgage lending falls 42% since last year
Council of Mortgage Lenders says gross lending declined to £17.7bn in September, the lowest figure since January 2005
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NewsBarratt to raise £200m in land sell-off
Reports that troubled housebuilder is looking at 4,400ha fire sale
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NewsThe land that took the bite out of the credit crunch
The head of Canada's affordable housing lobby group tells us why the country has escaped the worst of the housing downturn and about a pot of gold which could solve the country's housing repair problems
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NewsCouncil creates grand designs to inspire locals
Bradford council renovates two homes and teaches residents how to improve their own
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NewsWill buyer loans help housebuilders?
Housebuilders and lenders tell us what they think of the government's loan scheme to help first time buyers
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Report predicts housebuilder takeovers
The housebuilding industry is set for a rash of takeovers as larger builders snap up smaller rivals in a bid to beat the financial turmoil.
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NewsMake homeowners pay for greener homes, says report
UK Green Building Council says homeowners should be forced to improve energy rating before selling
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NewsMission possible: Gedling Mission Hall
Despite the credit crunch, Buxton Homes has recently started work on this £5m scheme by Weston Williamson Architects
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CommentOur obscene failure
The response of the housebuilding industry to the downturn is to stop building and cast off the very people it will need to help it recover. We have to be far more imaginative, says David Lock