Housing News – Page 281
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NewsRedrow slashes more jobs and closes two offices
Housebuilder responds to market collapse as reservations fall 55% over past six months
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NewsBovis Homes cuts workforce by 40%
Housebuilder announces more job cuts as completions fall 35% in first half of year
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NewsSelected councils to offer one-stop housing advice
Minister names first wave of 12 local authorities to receive £350,000 to develop an integrated housing advice service
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Mortgage lending in May down 44%
Council of Mortgage Lenders says lending levels significantly lower than last year's figures
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NewsWhat slump? Barratt starts work on 2,000-home scheme
Developer begins construction on PKS Architects project in Canada Water, London, despite pressures of housing downturn
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Vince Cable calls on government to prop up housing market
Liberal Democrat says programme to buy up unsold homes for social housing must increase hundred-fold
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NewsMayor pledges £60m to tackle London’s empty homes
Boris Johnson announces new funding to recycle London’s 84,000 empty homes into affordable housing
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NewsConnaught rides high in social housing market
Contractor's full-year results to be on target, with a booming order book this year
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NewsCredit crunch has spread to Europe, warns Savills
Financial squeeze now affecting many European markets, according to property consultants
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NewsCouncils demand right to reinvest rents in local housing
Local Government Association argues councils could help beat housing crisis if allowed to keep rental income to spend on new local homes
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NewsPersimmon cuts 2,000 jobs as sales slump 31%
Housebuilder confirms redundancies as it reveals 31% lower sales and a 45% fall in reservations in first six months
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NewsTake a look back at the house of the future
Ten years ago a house was built for BBC TV to show case the future of green and intelligent housing technology. Now architect Craig Anders takes us on a tour to see which aspects of the design took off and which missed the mainstream.
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NewsColourful ideas for the Black Country
Urban Splash reveals shortlisted designs for Walsall site
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NewsBradford grows its own construction workers
A local housing association convinces young people from ethnic minorities to try a career on site
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NewsTony Pidgley to receive £31m bonus package
Berkeley boss and three other directors are rumoured to have awarded themselves shares worth a total £60m
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NewsCity Lofts goes into administration
Developer becomes most high-profile casualty of the credit crunch
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NewsPersimmon to cut over 1,000 jobs
More than 1,300 jobs have been cut at housebuilders Persimmon and Kier, Building.co.uk can reveal
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Sir Howard Bernstein to head up Blackpool regeneration body
Manchester city council chief exec will step down from Olympic Delivery Authority board
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NewsFarrell scheme wins planning on Newcastle's Quayside
George Wimpey development will feature a 13-storey residential tower and a four- to six-storey office building
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NewsHBF reports skills cards success
More than 91% of workers employed by major housebuilders now carry CSCS cards