Housing News – Page 222
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NewsResponse times set for repairs to social housing
Government's proposed service standards agreed between tenants and landlords will affect maintenance contractors
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NewsHouse prices rise as demand outstrips supply
Surveyors experience strongest growth in London as buyers return to the market
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NewsGo-ahead for Squire and Partners' Mayfair home
Westminster council approves 'striking' design for conservation area in one of London's most exclusive residential districts
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NewsGalliford Try reports improved sales and income
In interim statement that coincides with annual general meeting today, company says sales rose 7% to £274m
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NewsCPA chair: We haven't got the balance yet with mortgages
Adrian Barden says there is danger of 'pendulum swinging too far the other way' from irresponsible lending
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NewsSavills: House prices to fall by 7% in 2010
Property group predicts further drop, despite 3.7% rise this year
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Taylor Wimpey: price of new home has risen 10%
The average sale price of a new home has increased by almost 10% in the past six months, according to the latest market update by housebuilder Taylor Wimpey, in an indication of the strength of the upturn in the housing market
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Aviva commits £500m to HCA homes-for-rent scheme
Insurer agrees to bankroll initiative despite growing concern from other investors
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First wave of Kickstart programme gets funding go-ahead
The Homes and Communities Agency this week approved funding for 91 housing developments under the first wave of the government’s £925m Kickstart programme, announced in July
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This train isn’t stopping
In the week of the Thames Gateway Forum, HCA director David Edwards says people shouldn’t lose faith in the mammoth project
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Tories pledge to simplify Gateway delivery
The Tory party would audit the £9bn Thames Gateway programme to make sure it “delivered and delivered well”, Stewart Jackson, the shadow regeneration minister, said yesterday
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NewsMothballed £700m Deptford housing scheme on track
Plans for the £700m 3,500-home Convoys Wharf scheme in Deptford, south-east London, which floundered during the downturn, are back on track, as its new developer prepares to submit revised plans this month
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Data planning applications in October
Developer Commercial Estates Group tops the clients list, while Barratt continues to look busy
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NewsRegeneration firm plans to double staff
North-east-based Frank Haslam Milan will increase workforce by 200 over next two years
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NewsDurkan lands £28.5m Hackney homes deal
Contractor to build 207 houses for L&Q by Regents Canal in east London
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NewsHouse prices up 1.2% in October, says Halifax
Index shows fourth monthly increase in a row, reaching 7% higher than April trough
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NewsThames Gateway's Purfleet set for £500m makeover
John Denham announces regeneration scheme to create thousands of new homes and jobs
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Housebuilders in crisis talks to cut regulatory burden
Communities department calls in housing chiefs as cost of regulations “threatens site viability”
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Tories pledge ‘swifter’ planning
Bob Neill, the shadow planning minister, has signalled that there would be a “presumption in favour of development” on sites that otherwise met planning policy under the Tories