Housing News – Page 260
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NewsFMB defends government housebuilding targets
Builders slam MPs for questioning whether 3 million new homes are still needed
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NewsSocial housing keeps Mears finances solid
Results on track and group growing strongly, thanks to public sector client base
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NewsMPs hit out at government homes targets
Committee criticises pursuit of building new homes at expense of raising environmental standards
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NewsMortgage lending up in September
New approvals show first monthly rise in a year, but lending still nearly 50% down on last year
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NewsBirthplace of the blues: The US housing crisis
Richard Snook of the Centre for Economics and Business Research goes back to the roots of the credit crunch to work out when the misery might end for the US and UK housing markets
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Woking council to spend up to £300m on stalled sites
Surrey local authority pioneers scheme to purchase residential sites for social housing
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NewsLivingstone’s climate change tsar is made redundant
Allan Jones goes in climate change shake up at London Development Agency
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NewsCredit crunch spreads to medium-sized housebuilders
£254m-turnover David McLean is pushed under by £100m debts, joining £131m-turnover Taggart
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NewsBRE says steel frame is fastest way to build homes
Research body compares steel, concrete, timber and brick to combat ‘inefficiency’ in industry
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Private renting ‘must increase’
The private rented sector should be expanded, according to a communities department report.
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NewsHouse prices crash 15% in a year
Average UK home now worth £30,000 less than a year ago, says Nationwide
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NewsHome repossessions rise 71%
Repossessions in second quarter show ‘significant’ rise, while prices fall 2.2% in the year to September
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NewsLet it be: did a government review of private rented housing go far enough?
Nick Jopling of CB Richard Ellis says what's missing from the Rugg Review, why a build-to-let sector should not need tax breaks and how student accommodation could be the solution to the housing shortage
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NewsTaking stock: how two housing associations swapped homes
The housing regulator has urged landlords to swap homes to concentrate their efforts on particular neighbourhoods but few have done so. Now A2Dominion Group tells us of its recent trade with nearby landlord Moat
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NewsHouse prices will take years to recover from slump
2.5m homeowners face negative equity as prices are set to drop by 25%
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News8,000 construction jobs may go in Northern Ireland
Industry body says employment in the region is at 'crisis point'
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NewsFind better housing for migrants, says charity
Migrant workers will live in overcrowded rental accommodation unless councils clamp down on rogue landlords, says BSHF
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NewsNegative equity threat to 1.2m homeowners
About 500,000 mortgage holders already owe more than the value of their home says Bank of England
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NewsCare home security: the danger of killing with kindness
A design standard intended to improve home security could actually put care home residents at risk in an emergency. Our columnist describes how he helped to amend it
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NewsLondon mayor retracts opposition to three London towers
Boris Johnson u-turns over £1bn Waterloo development that includes 33-storey tower