Housing News – Page 330
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NewsWhat it costs: timber internal doors
There are so many timber internal doors on the market, it can be hard to see the wood for the trees. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans helps specifers pick the right product
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NewsCrest rejects 585p offer from Castle Bidco
Joint bidder HBOS and West Coast Capital made approach after buying 27% of Crest Nicholson shares
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NewsGleeson Building recovers to post profit
New management team stabilises company following buyout as it records 11-month profit of £102,000
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NewsGovernment missing housing, school and hospital targets
Construction Products Association review shows poor performance on repair and refurbishment
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NewsUK interest rates rise to 5%
Bank of England increases rates a quarter point, triggering fears of a housing slowdown
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NewsHouse prices break £200,000 barrier
Average house prices in England and Wales rose 9% as sales increase 17% year on year
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John Lewis enters the housing market
John Lewis is venturing into residential development with a scheme on a site it owns in Chelsea, west London
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NewsGovernment plans £40m fund to boost housing supply
Schemes by Bellway, Persimmon and Redrow to benefit from new infrastructure and amenities
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NewsWren Homes to list on AIM
Retirment homes specialist expects to raise around £3m with floatation on alternative investment market
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Telford Homes raises £15m in share issue
Shareholders vote to issue more than 5.7m shares at extraordinary general meeting
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NewsMiller Group eyes Linden as it plans expansion in South
Scottish group signs confidentiality agreement preliminary to bid for £300m housebuilder
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NewsBerkeley boss puts EP in the dock over bidding problems
Tony Pidgley calls for experienced developers to be exempted from prequalification rules
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Planning applications: September 2006
This month, Wirral Partnership Homes is the biggest client and work is well up in the South-east
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NewsArtisan shares fall 17% after warning on margins
The AIM-listed developer says a difficult market is hitting housing margins
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NewsBellway uses incentives to keep profit growing
Housebuilder increases profit 3% to £220m but says that most sales required incentives
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NewsCooper declares crackdown on badly designed homes
Housing minister’s comments follow veto of key Thames Gateway scheme by Ruth Kelly
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Utilities delays ‘threaten social homes target’
Delays to projects caused by utility companies are endangering the government’s affordable homes target, the country’s biggest housing association has warned.
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NewsPlans revealed: £200m Thames Gateway scheme
An outline planning application has been submitted for PRP's 1,650 home redevelopment in Basildon
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Plans unveiled for Clyde waterfront homes
Plans have been released for a £245m new community on the Clyde that will include 2000 homes
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NewsTimber takes 20% of housing market
Homes built using timber rises 3% while proportion of social housing constructed using method hits 58%