Housing News – Page 329
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Estate set to be rebuilt after poll
Plans by architect Pollard Thomas Edwards (PTE) to rebuild a council estate that is threatened by collapse have cleared a key hurdle.
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Housing Corporation cuts red tape to assist developers
The Housing Corporation has told developers that it intends to reduce the amount of red tape they will have to contend with when bidding for grants.
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NewsPersimmon sales break £3bn barrier
Housebuilder says integration of Westbury has helped boost completions by 38% to 16,700 homes
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NewsIndustry reacts to Kelly's green measures
Construction industry broadly welcomes Code for Sustainable Homes and zero carbon homes
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PFI social housing schemes put under the microscope
Treasury is concerned that new-build projects cost more than traditional grant-funded housing
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NewsNationwide predicts 8% house price rise
London and the South-east expected to fuel house price inflation
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NewsFirst Base raises £250m for mixed-tenure flats
Developer secures funding for 900 units from Morgan Stanley and Uberior
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NewsModern estates would ‘come to bits’ in tornado
Tornado damage in London last week would have been worse if it had hit modern housing
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NewsBarratt places bid for Wilson Bowden
Barratt enters battle to takeover Wilson Bowden according to newspaper report
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NewsPre-budget speech: All new homes to be zero carbon in 10 years
Chancellor Gordon Brown announces stamp duty exemption for new zero carbon homes
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NewsGreen light for Edinburgh canal scheme
£35m canal-side housing development gains planning permission
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NewsRising high
Architectural design is driving expansion at Sir Terence Conran’s Conran & Partners, with turnover expected to rise 20% this year.
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Mayor raises green standard for social housing
London mayor Ken Livingstone plans to raise the decent homes standard for social housing as part of his campaign over climate change.
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Guinness quits zero carbon plan
One of the biggest housing associations has pulled out of the race to build London mayor Ken Livingstone’s zero carbon project in the Docklands.
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Land values must fall 14% to make sense of eco promises
Stephen Stone, chief executive of Crest Nicholson, has said land values must drop by an average of 14% to enable eco-friendly schemes to stack up.
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NewsAn eyeful for the RIBA
Make Architects has designed this scheme for Ridgeford Properties in central London. The development includes 15 luxury flats and three penthouses.
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NewsWilson Bowden in takeover talks
Housebuilder is up for sale, leaving the way open for a bidding war between George Wimpey, Redrow and Bellway
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NewsIkea unveils first housing designs for the UK
Furniture company’s prefabricated apartments to be piloted at a scheme in northern England
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NewsMiddle heaven
Tees Valley Regeneration and developer Bioregional Quintain have agreed a deal for the £200m regeneration of this site in Middlehaven, Middlesbrough this week.
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Seven shortlisted for novel build-and-manage homes
Seven developers have been shortlisted for a scheme in Gloucester, which they will be expected to build and manage.