Housing News – Page 131
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NewsMore firms tabling offers for housing contractor Keepmoat
£900m-turnover Doncaster contractor in early-stage discussions with at least four potential investors
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NewsVast majority of homes out of reach to average earners
More than 80% of homes are unaffordable for the average working family
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NewsManchester City owner unveils £1bn housing plans
Manchester City football club owner plans to build 6,000 homes in east of Manchester
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NewsHousing boss calls for national housebuilding target
The government has been urged to set a national target for housebuilding
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NewsGalliford seals £100m housing PFI
Galliford Try has reached financial close on a £100m private finance initiative contract to supply 240 supported housing units for Kent council, enabling work to get under way on the project
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NewsBRE to launch sustainability standard for new build housing
Think tank plans voluntary standard following government decision to axe Code for Sustainable Homes
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NewsNHBC streamlines board, with two senior departures
Finance director Sandra Kelly and commercial director Richard Tamayo to leave organisation
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NewsKier wins £140m housing repairs job
Kier has won a contract to provide planned maintenance across 33,000 homes for Genesis Housing Association
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NewsBerkeley boss: I won’t defend Vauxhall tower
Pidgley admits Broadway Malyan-designed tower is not firm’s finest building but maintains he is not ‘un-proud’ of scheme
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NewsThree bidders battle for Olympic Park housing
Three bidders shortlisted for contract to develop 1,500 homes on the East Wick and Sweetwater neighbourhoods
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NewsBerkeley reports massive jump in profit
Profit at London developer rises 40% to £380m after firm completes 30% more homes than during pre-recession peak
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NewsCrest Nicholson posts sharp jump in revenue and profit
Crest Nicholson has enjoyed a strong first half of the year, posting a 38% rise in profit, with revenue up by a quarter
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NewsBoris reveals sites for 50,000-home development push
Mayor of London unveils plans for 20 ‘housing zones’ across the capital to speed development of 50,000 homes
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NewsOsborne unveils plan to boost development on brownfield land
Chancellor announces move to pre-approve development on brownfield sites
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NewsAffordable housing starts jump 15%
Affordable housing starts were up last year but completions slightly down, according to new official statistics.
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NewsBoris to fund clean-up of key London sites
Boris Johnson is poised to unveil a funding package to decontaminate London’s hardest-to-deliver brownfield sites
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NewsHousing boom begins to cool
Latest figures from the RICS show market flattening, particularly in London
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NewsPrivate equity firms circle Keepmoat
Housebuilder confirms it is in “early stage” talks with new “financial partners”
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NewsGreen light for PRP's £130m Cambridge housing scheme
The scheme, for housebuilder Hill and housing association BPHA, will comprise 270 homes
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NewsLabour plans to enable councils to borrow to build
Labour will look to raise the cap on the amount councils can borrow to fund the construction of new homes as part of a package of measures to boost housebuilding