Housing News – Page 181
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NewsCouncil housebuilding up 94% in Scotland
But new housing supply decreases by 8% because of drop in private sector completions
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NewsHome ownership to slump to 63% over next decade
National Housing Federation calls for renewed commitment to house building as home ownership set to reach lowest level since the eighties
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NewsBovis profit doubles as construction costs squeezed
Housebuilder reports interim results with profit up 230%
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NewsPlanning permission for new homes plummets 23%
Labour blames Shapps for second lowest number of housing planning permissions for five years
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NewsGovernment drops VAT changes to contracts
Housing associations say changes to design and build contracts would have cost the sector millions
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NewsNorthern Rock takes surveyor to High Court
Claim over house valuation sparks criticism that legal action is damaging house prices and market
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NewsLoss of jobs as Persimmon restructures West Midlands office
Lack of pipeline of ready sites blamed for staff being put on notice
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NewsHousing stats: new build sales and completions in July
Private registrations increased by 6.7% and completions by 6.2% from this time last year
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NewsSalmond wants VAT cut to boost home improvements
Scotland’s First Minister calls on government to help housing housing market
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NewsPersimmon revenues drop 10%
Half year gross profits remain steady as housebuilder sells 5% fewer homes
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NewsStrathclyde Homes collapses after sales crash
Housebuilder goes into receivership following poor house sales in Scotland
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NewsMears profits from Rok and Connaught demise
Profit up 7% as firm wins 56% of social housing jobs it bids for
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NewsHouse prices fall year-on-year, reports Rightmove
Fall of 2.3% in seller’s asking prices in August contributes to 0.3% year-on-year fall
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NewsHumber vs Moor: Will the planning reforms work?
The government’s plans for the planning system have stirred up huge controversy in both the industry, and now, with the publication of the the new national planning frameowrk, the country at large. With so much at stake, and so much opposition, will the government get its reforms through? And, if ...
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News‘First-time buyer blackspots’ named
Tough in Yorkshire and Humberside, the South-east, the East Midlands, East Anglia, Wales, the South-west and Scotland
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NewsBerkeley boosts Pidgley's pay by a third to £3.2m
Chief executive Rob Perrins’ pay also rockets by 70%, after two years of static wages
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NewsBoris offers communities £50m to rebuild after riots
The fund will be used to rebuild damaged streets using locally trained builders
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NewsGrainger 'performing well' despite subdued residential market
Statement says firm benefits from heigh weighting to London and South-east
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NewsPickles pledges £30m for riot victims
Government money will help businesses and families hit be this week’s violence