Housing News – Page 279
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NewsGovernment acts to help housing market
Rent-to-buy scheme to help first-time buyers and new local housing companies among a raft of measures announced today
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NewsDelays at Greenwich Peninsula could cost taxpayer £60m
Lend Lease and Quintain’s £4bn scheme ‘at least two years behind schedule’, says National Audit Office
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NewsHousing 'ignored' in youth crime plan
Social landlords are disappointed that housing is downplayed in the government’s blueprint on tackling youth crime.
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NewsCommunities minister reveals housing targets for North-east
Baroness Andrews outlines plans to build 128,900 homes in the region by 2021
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NewsSt Modwen halts housing schemes at Longbridge and Stoke
Two housing developments put on hold until housing market improves, following firm's announcement of £20m losses
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NewsQuarterly house sales fall 40% to hit 30-year low
RICS says estate agents sold just 15 homes each last quarter, 40% less than a year ago
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NewsCastleford unveils its redesigned underpass
Town centre gets a new landscape public space as part of a regeneration scheme
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NewsRoger Humber and Chris Millington: where do housebuilders go from here?
Roger Humber of the House Builders Association and Chris Millington of Numis Securities look at what the future holds for housebuilders.
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NewsSlump in residential land prices hits St Modwen
Regeneration group posts £20m pre-tax loss for first half of year
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'Grim prospects' force closure of Hips provider
HIP Facilities Group and subsidiary HIP Payment Services are closing down due to uncertain political outlook and housing slump
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NewsMinister guarantees flood insurance for homeowners
Mortage lenders welcome agreement between insurers and floods minister Phil Woolas
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NewsWork stops on £200m Leeds tower
Developer KW Linfoot says work will resume on the 55-storey Lumiere when market conditions improve
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NewsTaylor Wimpey seeks private equity rescue
Housebuilder in plans to sell one-third of company; HBF reveals net reservations below zero, Persimmon, Bovis and Redrow reveal scale of redundancies
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Eco-towns under threat as more bidders withdraw
Two developers pull out of schemes and another two consider their options
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Taylor Wimpey seeks private equity rescue as sector’s job losses pass 6,000
Housebuilder in plans to sell one-third of company. Net reservations fall below zero. Persimmon, Bovis and Redrow reveal scale of redundancies
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NewsBoris ditches Ken’s 50% affordable target
Boris Johnson is formally to drop Ken Livingstone’s 50% affordable housing target as part of an end-to-end review of the London Plan, to begin this week.
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Report: Public sector ‘not the safety net people think it is’
Public sector construction work will not be enough to offset the decline in private sector spend over the next two years, research has revealed.
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NewsWinning combinations – Housing Design Awards winners from the past 60 years
To commemorate its Diamond Jubilee, the Housing Design Awards revisited award-winning developments of the past 60 years, looking for those that, in particular, excelled as sustainable buildings. Martin Spring brings you the six winners. Photographs by Tim Crocker
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NewsHome truths: Assistive technology
Technological advances are being harnessed by care homes to allow elderly or disabled residents a greater degree of independence
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NewsSmart meters: technology for housebuilders to monitor energy consumption
Housebuilders have been sluggish in picking up on new technology that allows suppliers and consumers to monitor energy consumption in the home. But studies show they have clear benefits