Housing News – Page 209
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Housing stats: New build sales and completions in May 2010
Sales have barely changed since this time last year, but registrations are significantly higher
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NewsMortgage lending rises as house prices hit double digits
Year to April sees strong growth in lending although figures down since March
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NewsMayor calls for London housing body
Boris Johnson proposes merging capital’s parts of HCA and LDA
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NewsHIPs abolition helps drive sales, says RICSs
Abolition of HIPs could boost supply of homes by 15% according to RICSs
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NewsBellway reports faltering sales as cuts loom
Housebuilder says prospect of public sector cuts is affecting buyer confidence
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NewsHousebuilders to be hit by affordable housing slump
Report warns social homes built this year could fall 65%, the lowest annual total for 20 years
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NewsGovernment to pull funding from zero-carbon housing body
Grant Shapps, the housing minister, has signalled his intention to halt government funding for an independent body that was set up to help deliver zero-carbon housing
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NewsShapps to rush out guidance as planning grinds to halt
Housing minister to bring in rule changes in ’next two months’ as up to 40 councils halt or delay plans
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NewsPickles confirms £146m planning cuts
The local authority subsidy was intended to speed up planning decisions
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NewsBovis Homes launches 90% mortgage with Barclays
Housebuilder’s provision of indemnity to bank enables high loan-to-value mortgage
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NewsBristol contractor goes into liquidation
Spiller Builders stopped trading after not receiving payment for work on London housing development
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NewsGovernment plans to stop developers building homes on gardens
Measures against garden grabbing include reallocation from brownfield category and binning density targets
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NewsHousing industry fears cuts will damage recovery
Online poll for Housing Now virtual event reveals over two-thirds think government’s £6bn cuts are a threat
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NewsGovernment to scrap housing density laws
Guardian reports that housebuilders will be freed from minimum density targets
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NewsEx-Barratt boss to found new housebuilder
Adam Lawrence has been given £100m to set up London-based company
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Housing market slowing, says Halifax
Survey shows drop in house prices and 18% fall in sales compared to 2009
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NewsHCA told to work up proposals for slimmed-down future
The Homes and Communities Agency has been told to work up a series of options for how it might be slimmed down to aid a ministerial decision about its future over the summer.
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NewsCabe to call for single tough housing benchmark
Design quango wants standard, based on Building for Life, to be included in planning regulation
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Housing mandarin bags £180k
Salary details released by the Cabinet Office show that housing mandarin Richard McCarthy earns up to £180,000 a year.
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Ex-Redrow boss moves to Gladedale
Neil Fitzsimmons, the former boss of housebuilder Redrow, has become chief executive of Gladedale.