All Housing articles – Page 354
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NewsHousing stats: New-build sales and completions in March 2008
This month’s data reveals that private housing starts are down almost 40% on last year
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NewsNew private sector body to lead drive towards zero-carbon
The government is to set up a private sector body to drive the move to zero-carbon housing by 2016.
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NewsBuilding ‘brand zero’
Just as housebuilders have realised how horribly soon the 2016 deadline for zero-carbon homes is approaching, the government is moving on to the even more problematic non-residential sector. But how feasible is a zero-carbon built environment? David Strong has some words of caution, while overleaf we analyse the report that ...
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Small builders feel the chill as housing market evaporates
Construction workloads have fallen to their lowest levels since spring 2006, according to figures from the Federation of Master Builders.
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NewsThe UK's first code level five homes
The new flats in Mid Street in the sleepy village of South Nutfield might not look like anything to scare the horses, but in fact they are quietly revolutionary. Alex Smith takes a trip to the country to see the UK’s first code-level-five sustainable homes
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Credit crunch squeezes housebuilders’ salaries
Survey reveals 4% pay rise, but this disguises sharp dip in recent months
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D&H is Erinaceous’ latest victim
Dearle & Henderson, the last large acquisition made by failed property consultant Erinaceous, has been broken up as part of the sell-off at the firm, writes Sarah Richardson.
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CommentIt’s housing, stupid
What’s the one thing that affects our personal wellbeing, our personal wealth and our personal future more than any other? And what do you think might happen to any government that threatens it?
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NewsWaste and how to tame it
Site waste has never been the most glamorous end of the sustainability agenda. But, with a stringent regulation and a sharp rise in landfill tax being introduced this month, you ignore it at your peril. Dr David Moon of WRAP and Adam Mactavish of Cyril Sweett offer advice on how ...
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NewsStock Woolstencroft offers colourful view of the Olympics
Stock Woolstencroft-designed scheme for Telford Homes will overlook Olympic park
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Chris Horn launches affordable housing developer
Former head of Elephant & Castle scheme starts up ENTER Homes firm to develop affordable housing for Londoners
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NewsGrowing hemp houses in Three Gardens
The last nut and bolt are tightened on ground breaking eco-friendly housing scheme in Suffolk
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NewsGrove Village Manchester
Watch how local residents and a Grove Village consortium transformed a no-go Manchester estate into Building's PFI Project of the Year
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Borrowing set to fall further, say mortgage lenders
Slight monthly rise in March bucks overall downward trend of mortgage lending
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Profits warning knocks Taylor Wimpey shares
Shares lose 5% of value after housebuilder warns deepening market crisis will hit profits
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Leeds housebuilder goes into administration
Credit crunch and lack of consumer confidence is blamed by administrator KPMG
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NewsCode for Sustainable Homes: Sometimes things aren't as green as they seem
Here’s a riddle: how do you build homes that emit more carbon dioxide than your rivals’ yet still achieve a higher Code for Sustainable Homes rating? Simple, says Chloe Stothart: go electric
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Archive TitlesBlinded by eco-bling
Rather than get too excited by whizzy green technology for new homes, we should focus our efforts on the 21 million houses built before 1980. But will homeowners be ready to make the effort?
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NewsCallcutt: Government is ignoring my report
The man charged with reviewing the economics and delivery of housing supply has heard nothing from ministers since publishing his findings
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A way through the downturn
Private housebuilders, reeling from the credit crunch, are looking for ways to get them through the worst of the crisis. And as Mark Leftly explains, they are turning to a rather unlikely source of support: the affordable housing market