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Budget could include new HCA housing rescue plan
Treasury considers threefold proposal to boost supply, including public funding of site infrastructure
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20,000 join Homebuy queue
Housebuilder Barratt said 20,000 people had expressed an interest in buying one of its 3,000 houses available under the HomeBuy Direct scheme
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Mortgage regulation is 'not enough', housebuilders warn
Housebuilders this week told the government that better regulation of mortgages alone would not be enough to stop the cycle of boom and bust in the housing market
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NewsAll aboard at King's Cross
Argent, the developer behind King’s Cross Central, last week announced a £250m investment package to drive forward construction of the 67-acre development
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Future unclear for eco-towns as financial troubles hit half
More than half of the 11 proposals for eco-towns that the government is considering may be financially unviable, an official report has revealed
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New homes for East Midlands
Ministers have set out plans to build 430,000 homes in the East Midlands by 2026 under the East Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy
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NewsCouncil tenants may set social building priorities
New social housing regulator moots scheme to divert cash to what tenants decide warrants funding
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NewsReBlackpool signs up Muse Developments: Blackpool's muse
ReBlackpool, Blackpool’s urban regeneration company, has signed up developer Muse Developments, part of Morgan Sindall, to build its £220m mixed-use Talbot Gateway scheme
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NewsWates cracks £1bn but warns of tough year ahead
Contractor hits turnover target a year ahead of schedule but says margins will be squeezed in 2009
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NewsCitywatch: Novel comparisons
This was the week that Tony Pidgley said the bottom of the market was fast approaching – well, the new-build London market, anyway. Cue the predictable flurry of speculation as to what he said, why he said it and what he meant to say
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NewsPidgley's upturn optimism 'only applies to London'
Housebuilders and analysts advise caution over reading too much into words of Berkeley boss
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Miller Group denies HBOS pull-out rumours
Phil Miller, director of Miller Group, has said there is no sign that minority investor HBOS wants to pull out of the company
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Rok boss predicts turnover will drop back below £1bn in 2009
The chief executive of Rok has said turnover will fall back below £1bn in 2009
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Persimmon secures bank deal
Persimmon Homes has completed the refinancing deal it announced at the beginning of the month
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Roofing and insulation firm SIG ponders cut-price rights issue
SIG, the roofing and insulation specialist, is considering a heavily discounted rights issue to shore up its balance sheet
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NewsEx-Hammerson man woos UK firms for £1bn Gulf job
The man that Dubai developer Majid Al Futtaim poached from Hammerson is tapping UK expertise to get a £1bn-plus Middle East shopping centre programme off the ground
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NewsArch rivals: Hopkins Architects’ winning design for Brent civic centre
This is the first image of Hopkins Architects’ winning design for a £60m civic centre in Brent, west London
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Watts makes 10% pay cut
Watts, the international property and construction consultant, has asked its staff to take a 10% pay cut because it expects this year’s turnover to be down 14% on the £27m recorded last year