Housing – Page 267
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Only 22 homes crack the Code
Only 22 developments have been certified under the Code for Sustainable Homes since it came into force a year and a half ago.
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NewsUrban Splash slams ‘drug dealer’ utilities
Urban Splash’s Nick Johnson likened energy companies to drug dealers this week as he called for reform of the utilities markets
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1,000 new homes join £1bn RSL backlog each month
Housing associations fear low sales could seriously impair ability to build homes for affordable rent
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NewsPukka apartments
Planning permission has been granted for the conversion of Danbury Palace, a grade II-listed manor house near Chelmsford, into a luxury apartment block.
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in October 2008
A slight rise in social housing cannot mask the massive drop-off in the private sector
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NewsHome time: Duggan Morris' housing scheme
A private housing scheme in south-east London, designed by Duggan Morris Architects, has been given the green light by Lewisham council
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NewsAngel of the east: Jacobs Webber
The Angel Group has submitted its Angel House tower, nicknamed the Number One tower, for planning permission
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NewsMortgage lending up slightly in October
Gross lending up 7% on September but still 44% down on a year ago
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NewsSir Terry Farrell made design czar for London suburbs
Boris Johson appoints leading architect to new Outer London Commission
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NewsBoris launches £5bn London housing strategy
Mayor pledges to support housing market and boost construction sector
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NewsCredit crunch holds up prototype eco-town
Northstowe near Cambridge will be delayed at least a year because of funding problems and project complexity
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NewsGleeson cuts more jobs after £9.6m writedown
Regeneration company will move head office from Hampshire to Sheffield in bid to cut costs
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NewsEC Harris named on €1bn Transylvanian tractor transformation
Cost consultant joins team on 123ha regeneration project in Romania masterplanned by YRM
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NewsOld terraces in Staffordshire become green icons
Winner of the Building 99% Campaign Award for refurbishment this is an inspiring example of how to turn a humble Victorian house into an eco terrace
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NewsThe Barratt code level six house, a guide
Here's a guide to the Sustainable Small Building of the Year at the Building Sustainability Awards 2008. It looks conventional enough on the outside, but you’re staring at the first Code for Sustainable Homes level six home to be built by a volume housebuilder. Inside it’s an all-out radical.
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Urban Splash confirms 60 jobs cut
Developer admits it has laid of 21% of its staff and put two Liverpool schemes on hold
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Axe hangs over Dev Secs' Slough scheme
Withdrawal of council support could kill regeneration scheme that already lost a housebuilder
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NewsBarratt warns of more writedowns to come
Housebuilder reports sales in line with expectations over past quarter but prices continue to slide
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NewsHousing workers warned of dirty needles
Ucatt issues alert on risks from discarded or deliberately planted hypodermic syringes
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NewsPrivate equity firms circle Taylor Wimpey
Oaktree, Apax, 3i and Permira mulling bids for housebuilder