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Hochtief profit plummets
Pre-tax profit at German owned-contractor Hochtief UK Construction fell 59% from £1.6m to £665,000 in the year to 31 December 2008
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Galliford’s sales rise
Galliford Try has reported that total house sales rose 7% to £274m in the four months to 5 November and it described the autumn selling season as “stable”
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Space to breathe
Instead of telling housebuilders what to build, we should focus on providing better information to buyers
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Major housebuilders snap up lion’s share of Kickstart cash
Barratt and Persimmon have bagged 30% of Kickstart funding between them, according to research from the House Builders Association, which represents mainly small and medium-sized builders
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Private housing drops
Private housebuilding has fallen 20% year on year, the communities department says
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First-time buyer fund
Mill Group has launched a £500m investor fund to allow first-time buyers to get on the housing ladder
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House prices to fall
Property group Savills has warned that house prices will fall nearly 7% next year, even though values rose 3.7% during 2009
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NewsJewel of the Adriatic: Make's Montenegro resort
Make has beaten off competition from Foreign Office Architects, MVRDV and Heatherwick Studio to masterplan and design a luxury resort on Montenegro’s Adriatic coast
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The green stuff
Instead of seeing sustainability as a chore we should reap the social and economic benefits it can prompt, says the founder of Canada Green Building Council ahead of his talk at the Making Sustainable Development Happen event
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CC applies for liquidation
Trustees of the Construction Confederation’s pension scheme have issued a petition for the group to be liquidated
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NewsEvery McCloud …: Hab Oakus' Triangle
The Triangle is the first project by Hab Oakus, a joint venture between the broadcaster Kevin McCloud’s company Hab and housing group GreenSquare
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EDF to seek nuclear bids
EDF was this week gearing up to put preparatory works worth several million pounds on its nuclear site in Somerset out to tender
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Banks announce £1.4bn in loans for wind farms
On-shore wind power received a boost on Tuesday as a consortium of banking institutions announced a £1.4bn funding injection
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NewsCloud 9: Carlo Ratti's London landmark
A design team led by Italian architect Carlo Ratti is looking for sites in London to build the “Cloud”, an inflatable structure filled with LEDs on top of a spiral tower
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NewsSecond gong for Building campaign
Building’s Safer Skyline campaign claimed another victory on Tuesday as it won the campaign of the year category at the British Society of Magazine Editors annual awards
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Delivery in doubt as HCA land assets drop by £1.1bn
Homes and Communities Agency scales back development as proceeds from land sales plummet
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BRE to launch environmental standard for refurbishments
BRE is to develop a measurable standard for retrofitting homes to high environmental standards
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NewsSixties revival
Phase one of the 555-home redevelopment of the old Mardyke Estate into the Orchard Village began this week with the demolition of the old tower block
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NewsViñoly fiasco contributes to £13m turnover drop at Banner
Contractor £2.8m in the red after dispute with Colchester council and three other problem jobs
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Citywatch: Kier keeps it interesting
Kier kicked off the week with a trading update containing two points of interest beyond its cautious optimism and the trumpeting of 52 framework deals