All Housing articles – Page 314
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NewsUnsold shared-ownership homes pass £1bn mark
Housing Corporation tells junior housing minister empty properties may have risen 15% since March
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NewsHouse prices fall another 1.3%
Halifax figures for September show eighth consecutive month-on-month drop
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NewsIn pictures: Peabody Trust celebrates Africa
Pictures from the London housing association's day of African culture
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NewsWhat does the housing sector think of Margaret Beckett?
Leaders in housing and regenration give their thoughts on the new housing minster and the issues that should be at the top of her in-tray
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NewsQuintain may sell 50% of Wembley City to Arab investors
Deputy chief executive Nick Shattock says developer is seeking a strategic partner in Bahrain or Dubai for Wembley regeneration
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NewsPower struggle
There's widespread opposition amongst regional assembllies to transfering their planning powers to regeional development agencies. The south east regional assembly explains its view.
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NewsHow to... modify planning permissions without pain
In the first of a new series of quick answers to planning problems, we look at stretching a planning permission
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NewsHousing's one stop shops
Meet one of the 12 "trailblazer" housing departments who provide job, health and education advice to their homeless clients
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NewsRepossessions set to rise in the countryside, says report
Credit crunch study finds small businesses working at home to save cash
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NewsBanking crisis triggers sharp falls in housebuilders' shares
Early trading leads to double-digit falls as uncertainty continues to disrupt banking markets
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NewsNew homes built to fall below 100,000
RICS predicts government housebuilding targets will be massively undershot
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NewsHousebuilders' hopes rest with big hitter Beckett
Margaret Beckett must draw on experience to help housebuilders weather the financial storm
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NewsMargaret Beckett appointed housing minister
Former deputy leader of the Labour Party replaces Caroline Flint who moves to the Foreign Office
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Taylor Wimpey banks deal delayed
Talks to secure robust financing structure for housebuilder likely to go on into next year
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NewsRaiding the RDAs
Gordon Brown’s way of paying for last month’s £1bn housing package is to raid the coffers of the regional development agencies. But many people think this will undo 10 years of regeneration – and won’t even touch the housing problem.
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Tories pledge housing study
The Tory party is to undertake in-depth research next year into how to encourage more affordable housing, the shadow housing minister has said.
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Government may ditch its own green standard for eco-towns
The government is considering abandoning the use of the Code for Sustainable Homes for its flagship eco-towns programme.
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NewsTaylor Wimpey rescue deal set to survive market unrest
Sources say plans to save housebuilder will continue despite financial problems among its lenders
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Councils may risk planning free-for-all
The Conservative party says it would leave councils to make all their own planning decisions, even if that meant risking a development free-for-all in some areas, writes Joey Gardiner.
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NewsA code to live by
Last week the OFT told the housing industry it needed a new customer code of conduct. We’re on to it, says the head of a cross-industry group