Housing News – Page 174
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NewsSkanska to build 800 UK homes a year by 2015
Plan announced as firm reveals architects who will work on future housing developments
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News£1bn scheme could mean 15% more homes built
Mortgage plan announced in the government’s housing strategy could increase volume by 2013
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NewsGovernment announces £200m Green Deal boost
Danny Alexander tells today’s NHBC annual lunch that money will help incentivise flagship scheme
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NewsNo extra design checks for £400m housing fund
Housebuilders won’t have to meet additional design standards to benefit from £400m government fund
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NewsAffordable housing starts fall 97%
Labour hits out at figures showing impact of Coalition cuts to social housing
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NewsBPF calls for government help for build-to-let
Property lobby body says more work needed beyond housing strategy
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NewsStunell hits back at Labour housing critics
Housing strategy good value and right to target first time buyers, says communities minister
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NewsPidgley given role to speed up public land release
Berkeley Group chairman to lead government advisory group with Sir Bob Kerslake
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NewsShepherd doubles its annual profits
Contractor’s industrial division powers Shepherd to profits of £31.5m for the year to June 2011
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NewsMajor housebuilders sign up to mortgage scheme
Twenty-seven builders, including listed players, back 95% mortgages despite cash-call
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NewsGovernment commits £400m to boost housebuilding
Government will also guarantee part of risk of first time buyer mortgages in bid to kickstart housing market
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NewsSkanska chooses six architects for UK housing push
PRP Architects, Proctor & Matthews and Formation Architects triumph in competition
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NewsCrest boss warns of NPPF delay
Stone said that a serious delay would be a ‘tragedy’ for the UK economy
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NewsGrass is greener: Hab Oakus' housing project complete
The Triangle, a £4.2m social housing project by Hab Oakus, the development company spearheaded by Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud, is complete and fully inhabited. The Swindon scheme comprises 42 eco-homes built around a “village green”. The project was designed by Glenn Howells Architects and built by Willmott Dixon.
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NewsLib Dem councillors set to rebel against FIT cuts
The party fears its good environmental record could be trashed by the government plans
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NewsCountryside Properties and L&Q selected for Chipping Barnet regeneration
Plans by Alison Brooks Architects and HTA Architects would see 600 new homes built
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NewsBarratt reservations up 26%
Housebuilder predicts significant improvement in profit as average selling price increases 7%
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NewsPlanners: Localism Act will fail without transition plan
Royal Town Planning Institute calls for transitional arrangements as Localism Act receives Royal Assent