Housing News – Page 270
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NewsRedrow strikes refinancing deal after £259m writedown
Housebuilder reveals £194m pre-tax loss but three-year refinancing deal struck with lenders
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NewsHouse sales activity hits record low
RICS says some surveyors completing fewer than one house sale a week in past quarter
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NewsCouncils on the existing stock – video
A senior officer from the Local Government Association gives her perspective on the work her body has been doing to make housing more efficient and what the government needs to do
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NewsCouncils call for national home insulation programme
Local Government Association claims fuel poverty could be lifted and domestic carbon emissions cut by 20% through energy supplier contributions
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Taylor Wimpey lenders push for deal by October
Pressure to reach agreement grows n Interest charges on debts are set to spiral to £170m
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New eco-town bidders escape inquisition process
Expert panel that played ‘key role’ in original process will not scrutinise three new sites
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NewsTaylor Wimpey breathes again – but for how long?
Deal to relax lending terms imminent, leaving housebuilder with three options …
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What it costs: Garage doors
Residential garage doors come in a variety of shapes, sizes, finishes and styles. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans considers their maintenance issues and lifecycle costs
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Two housing schemes scrapped in Cambridgeshire
Public bodies have welcomed the decisions that look to have sounded the death knell for two new settlements of 13,000 homes around Cambridge.
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NewsAffordable homes target at risk despite rescue package
Industry observer says government's £1bn of housing measures will have 'bugger all impact'
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MPs inquire into developers' neglect of inner cities
All-party group seeks ideas on how to bring economic benefits of regeneration to neglected urban areas
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NewsHouse prices fall 11% in 12 months
Halifax predicts market challenges will continue but welcomes stamp duty reprieve
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NewsALMO tenants suffer more anti social behaviour
But Housing Corporation study finds they are happier with with the way their landlords tackle the problem
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NewsMeet the house made of pallets
Ingenious homes built from shipping pallets could rehouse disaster victims and refugees
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NewsWhy the government's housing bail out won't make a big impact
There's not much new money in Gordon Brown's housing package, but our columnist has a contentious idea for raising more cash
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NewsStamp duty reprieve boosts housebuilders' shares
Persimmon, Taylor Wimpey and Bovis Homes shares jump 8-10% in wake of government housing market aid package
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NewsHomes and Communities Agency hires Taylor Wimpey’s Terry Fuller
Fuller becomes one of nine regional directors as agency announces raft of senior appointments
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NewsGovernment's housing package will help struggling homeowners, says expert
But Richard Capie of the Chartered Institute of Housing says social housing is over reliant on section 106
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NewsNew skills required for eco-housing
A report on BRE's super sustainable homes reveals a shortage of people able to integrate green technologies
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NewsStamp duty holiday for homes under £175k
Darling gives one-year tax freeze to lower-priced homes in boost for housing market