Housing News – Page 307
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Small builders demand VAT cuts on eco refurbishments
Building work that contributes to ecological improvement of homes should be exempt from VAT, the body representing smaller building firms will say when it launches a Building a Greener Britain campaign this month.
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Green policy is ‘lip service’
Anne Power, a former urban taskforce member, has criticised the government’s progress over improving the environmental performance of Britain’s existing housing stock, saying it was barely even paying “lip service” to the problem.
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NewsGovernment accused of mismanaging Thames Gateway
Public Accounts select committee says project will remain a series of disjointed projects unless DCLG steps up efforts
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NewsKey housing Bill to be published
Housing and Regeneration Bill is expected to be published tomorrow
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NewsGleeson upbeat despite slow down in completions
Developer says trading remained in line with expectations even though fewer people visited sites in the summer
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NewsBig drop in construction orders puts housing plans at risk
Statistics published last week showing an 8% fall in total construction orders and a 12% decline in the housing sector cast doubt on whether Brown will hit his ambitious 2020 targets
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Takeovers on the cards
A significant housing slowdown could prompt the merger or takeover of many small and medium-sized housebuilders, according to City analysts.
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NewsRegeneration not working, says think tank
Government investment in cities has had little impact on improving economic performance claims Policy Exchange think tank
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NewsBovis Homes anticipates 5% fall in housebuilding volume in 2007
Housebuilder feels drop in demand after Northern Rock crisis
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Barratt looks north for tough regeneration schemes
Traditional greenfield housebuilder to specialise in public sector brownfield projects
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£510m planning grant ‘must not be used for infrastructure’
Ministers have warned councils that they must spend their share of the £510m planning grant to beef up their planning departments rather than on infrastructure.
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NewsNo Rovers Return here
Lovell has started work on a terraced house scheme designed to update Manchester’s “Coronation Street” image.
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NewsConstruction orders fall 13% in third quarter
Government reports show decrease in private housing orders among the worst hit
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NewsTaylor Wimpey's reports reservations slowdown
Housebuilder warns that poor market conditions have dented its reservations rates
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NewsNorthern Rock boss resigns from Persimmon board
Adam Applegarth, chief executive of Northern Rock, steps down as non-executive director to concentrate on his job at the troubled mortgage lender
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NewsBovis Homes chief executive to retire
Malcom Harris will be replaced by current finance director David Ritchie in July 2008
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NewsKier warns of housing division slowdown
Trading update points to downturn in reservations and visitors since the Northern Rock crisis, but construction division is up
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NewsGovernment must build more than 3m homes
Target for new homes must increase to 270,000 homes a year says report
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Steep fall in value for many new build flats
TV property show finds big falls in value for new apartments in Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds