All Housing articles – Page 355
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NewsThe Gus Report: Welly garden city
In the first of a series of reviews of important housing developments, Gus Alexander looks at English Partnerships’ remarkable scheme in Upton, Northamptonshire, which is built on a bit of a marsh …
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OFT industry survey delayed
Publication of an investigation into the housebuilding industry by the Office of Fair Trading is to be delayed until the autumn.
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NewsUrban Splash to deliver £70m Scottish regeneration scheme
Major development to lead transformation of Irvine coastal town announced at Mipim
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House prices head for recession level
February prices close to 1990 low and unsold properties piling up, according to RICS
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NewsRenewable energy lessons from Austria
ESD and Crest Nicholson team up for Austrian energy to learn about renewable energy and passivhaus design
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NewsHips for new homes must rate sustainability
Rating against the Code for Sustainable Homes to become compulsory in information packs for new-build properties
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NewsHousing must provide play space for London youngsters
Guidelines set by the Mayor of London mean new residential developments in the capital must include outdoor areas for children
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NewsEnglish eco towns set to fail, declares Scotland’s minister
Stewart Maxwell says unlike England, developers in Scotland will be unable to resubmit failed bids
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Bid to tackle regeneration skills shortage
Consultation launched on strategy to avert feared shortfall of regeneration professionals
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NewsCroudace may sell up
Third generation of family-run housebuilder not interested in taking on the business
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NewsGalliford Try seeks 10% cut from housing suppliers
After Taylor Wimpey’s 5% demand, Galliford asks suppliers for help in ‘increasingly difficult market’
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Six in running for £2.5bn east London estate regeneration
Six bidders are in the running to build a £2.5bn flagship regeneration scheme near the Olympics site in east London.
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NewsAye, there’s the hub
Feilden Clegg Bradley has won a competition to design the London Greenhouse, a 70,000ft2 building that will act as a “hub” for research into environment issues.
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NewsLet the bad times roll
Amid all the talk of credit crunch, downturns and recession, this could actually be a great opportunity to look at urban regeneration a little differently.
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GLA calls for buy-to-let reform
The planning system needs to make “build-to-let” developments more attractive to institutional investors, according to a report out today.
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NewsBye-bye, buy-to-let
It may be the end of the road for the amateur investor, but with the rental market still strong, housebuilders are trying to find new ways of appealing to serious backers.
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Cost of zero-carbon housing too high for Isle of Wight
Council to build 800-home flagship development to lower eco standard to preserve land value
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Cost of zero-carbon housing too high for Isle of Wight
Council to build 800-home flagship development to lower eco standard to preserve land value