Housing News – Page 249
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NewsGiant horse to welcome visitors to Ebbsfleet
Mark Wallinger’s 50m sculpture of a horse wins competition for art project in £3bn Ebbsfleet development
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NewsMcGuckin leaves Land Secs after £3bn scheme stalls
Steve McGuckin leaves after Ebbsfleet Valley regeneration project is scaled back due to the recession
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NewsGovernment to reveal green makeover for 7m homes
Plans to be revealed at launch of consultation on heat and energy efficiency
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NewsDeveloper drops out of eco-town programme
O&H Properties to follows regional planning progress instead
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NewsSheffield seeks partner to build 2,500 homes
Council will form local housing company with private firm to build units for sale and rent on 20 sites
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NewsParkinson report is 'already out of date'
The prospects for regeneration are even worse than reported in a government review last week, experts are warning
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NewsCabe audit slams social housing design
Unreleased report by watchdog says most publicly subsidised housing is no better designed than private housing
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NewsLondon council in crisis talks over affordable homes target
Row over mayor’s housing policy grows as Newham seeks ‘realistic’ alternative to 6,000 homes by 2011
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NewsShock rise in house prices in January
Experts warn public not too place too much weight on the surprise figures
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NewsBellway reports 50% slump in profit margin and forward orders
Housebuilder's six-month update warns of further writedown and reveals 1,000 homes are sitting unsold
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NewsUrban Initiatives to masterplan 18ha regeneration in Kensington
Notting Barns South scheme is part of wider regeneration of poorer parts of the wealthy London borough
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NewsGovernment may relax financial rules on council housing
Prime minister announces measures to remove barriers to local authority housing provision
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NewsCrystal Palace Park housing scheme called in
Government queries approval of controversial plan to build 180 homes on parkland
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NewsEco-town plans press on as public legal challenge fails
Protest groups consider further legal action after claim of ‘unlawful’ consultation is overruled
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NewsBanks shun £400m scheme for homebuyers
The government’s £400m scheme to help people buy new-build housing in the recession is struggling to win support from mortgage lenders
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NewsMPs launch all-party group to promote green homes
More than 50 MPs have joined an all party parliamentary group (APPG) formed to promote low-carbon housing
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Cable searches for housing remedies
Vince Cable, the Liberal Democrat’s Treasury spokesperson, will be meeting senior executives from volume housebuilders over the next two weeks to devise alternatives to the government’s rescue package for the industry
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in December 2008
Housing association completions were up on 2007, but the private sector had a very quiet Christmas
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Newsbptw wins planning for Hackney housing scheme
East London scheme will provide 33% affordable three and four-bed homes
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Six shortlisted for £300m Urban Splash family home designs
Architects were challenged to 'break convention and deliver a new typology in housing design'