Housing News – Page 285
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NewsMay house sales down 37% as lending falls 56%
UK house sales collapse as credit crunch drives down mortgage lending
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NewsGovernment faces legal challenge over Hertfordshire housing targets
Hertfordshire council is challenging East of England Plan to build over 80,000 homes in the county
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NewsReport says eco-town developers must try harder
Eco-town Challenge Panel is critical of many schemes' efforts to reduce carbon emissions, and gives them a month to improve
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NewsHousing starts down by 50%
Just 9,589 homes started on site in May compared to 20,019 the previous year according to the NHBC
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NewsIain Duncan Smith: social housing is a stepping stone
System of benefits and social housing is acting as a roadblock to getting people into work says Tory MP
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NewsNow's the time to buy land says Notting Hill Housing's Kate Davies
Too many housing associations bought land at the top of the market says Notting Hill Housing chief executive Kate Davies
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NewsLend Lease struggling to finance Olympic Village
Problems of securing private sector funding raises possibility of further financial support from government for 2012 Village
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NewsVinoly tower at heart of new Battersea Power Station
Battersea Power Station will be reborn as a green electricity centre under plans put forward by Real Estate Opportunities
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NewsBarratt shares soar 25% after lender agreement
City reacts positively to news of agreements as shares rise across housebuilding sector
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NewsFlint rows back from 3m home commitment
Housing minister Caroline Flint (pictured) declined to reaffirm the government’s promise to build 3 million homes in England by 2020 in advance of her keynote speech to the Chartered Institute of Housing’s annual conference in Harrogate this week.
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NewsBanks throw beleaguered Barratt a financial lifeline
Company’s lenders grant housebuilder reprieve as other refinancing options are ruled out
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NewsNow the lifeboat’s sinking – Housing associations
With homeowners and housebuilders struggling to keep their heads above water in ever stormier economic seas, many hoped housing associations would come to their rescue. Some hope. Illustration by Neil Webb
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NewsHousing stats: New-build sales and completions in May 2008
This month’s data shows private sector registrations have halved in a year
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NewsContracting helps spread housing risk at Galliford Try
Group will continue to work on affordable housing sites thanks to contracting workload, says urban regeneration director David Wood
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NewsSarah Webb: credit crunch must not hit housing delivery
Releasing more public sector land for housing could help government cope with worse affects of credit crunch says CIH chief executive
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NewsA radical plan to turn existing homes green
Cutting carbon emissions from homes is not as hard as some make out - but tough rules are needed to make people bother
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Economist slams government targets on home ownership
Ian Shepherdson says encouraging 70-80% of people to become homeowners is "nuts"
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NewsCouncils to be penalised for late local plans
Government threatens to get tough with local authorities that fail to draw up local development frameworks
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NewsSteven Douglas: public sector must take lead in downturn
Social housing providers can help make up private shortfall says Housing Corporation chief executive
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NewsBankers predict three years of housing misery
Goldman Sachs warns housing market at start of 'deep downturn' as concerns rise about housebuilders' debt