Housing News – Page 318
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NewsMears buys Britannia Care for £1.1m
Following its purchase of Careforce for £22m in March, Mears acquires its second care services provider of the year
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NewsInterest rate rises put brakes on house prices
House price growth slows for the second month running reducing annual housing inflation to 10.6%
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NewsHIPs U-turn forces energy assessor out of business
Energy-assessors.com claims two-month HIPs delay will cost group £500,000 in revenue
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NewsExperts offer mixed verdict on planning white paper
Housebuilders, lawyers and agents air caveats about some proposals, while praising other
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NewsKate Barker speaks out on buy-to-let housing crisis
Housing and planning expert tells conference that investors are forcing out first-time buyers
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NewsHousing stats: New-build sales and completions in April 2007
More than 2,000 houses were finished in the South-east but private completions fell compared with last April
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NewsHIP energy assessors wait months for final accreditation
Qualified assessors are still waiting for approval as original HIP start date passes
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NewsThe art of building profit and homes
Private equity bids for housebuilders in the 1990s lead to the break up of perfectly good businesses - hopefully this won't be the case in 2007
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Keepmoat reported to be considering 3i sale
Social housing builder would be valued at over £800m if sold to the private equity group 3i
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NewsTaylor Woodrow shareholders approve Wimpey merger
Proposed £5bn merger now only needs Wimpey sharholder approval as owners of Taylor Woodrow shares approve deal
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NewsRICS: Kelly’s HIPs speech misled parliament
RICS denies Ruth Kelly's claim that it has dropped its judicial review of the HIPs implementation
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Gateway homes ‘must be built twice as quickly’
Audit office says rate of housebuilding must increase 100% to hit 2016 target of 160,000
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NewsHalpern dropped from East End scheme
Barratt has replaced architect Halpern with Allies and Morrison as the designer of a 900-home scheme in London after pressure from London’s new architectural watchdog.
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NewsGovernment unveils fast-track planning reforms
The government this week provided the construction industry with the practical detail it had been waiting for on planning reform.
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NewsGreen light for 1800-home scheme opposite Dome
SOM and BDP architects behind ambitious scheme at Leamouth Peninsula
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NewsHIPs to be delayed until 1 August
Ruth Kelly tells MPs that the start date for Home Information Packs will be delayed by two months
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NewsPlanning to be abolished for extensions
White paper aims to encourage councils to focus on major projects by removing planning requirements for minor alterations
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NewsMPs to vote on scrapping HIPs
The House of Commons will today vote on a Conservative motion to abandon the introduction of Home Information Packs on June 1
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NewsRICS to take government to court over HIPs
RICS starts Judicical Review proceedings against DCLG for failure to carry out proper consultation on HIPs