Housing News – Page 134
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NewsMJ Gleeson sees house sales soar
Housebuilder raises profit expectations in pre-close trading update
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NewsFirms picked for £900m London housing framework
One Housing Group picks 17 contractors for its new £900m construction framework
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NewsUniversity of Cambridge moots developing affordable housing
University considering joint ventures to tackle city’s “serious housing problem”
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NewsPickles releases £105m to boost housing schemes
Government pumps cash into Local Infrastructure Fund and Build to Rent programmes
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NewsContractors picked for £1bn rental housing pipeline
Balfour Beatty and Brookfield top list of five firms picked by developer Essential Living
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NewsHuge profit boost for Hill as turnover hits £200m
Essex-based firm reports a doubling in pre-tax profit for 2013 calendar year
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NewsBank of England unveils plans to cool housing market
Bank proposes limiting large loans to housebuyers and ‘stress testing’ borrowers ability to repay loans
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NewsMore firms tabling offers for housing contractor Keepmoat
£900m-turnover Doncaster contractor in early-stage discussions with at least four potential investors
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NewsVast majority of homes out of reach to average earners
More than 80% of homes are unaffordable for the average working family
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NewsManchester City owner unveils £1bn housing plans
Manchester City football club owner plans to build 6,000 homes in east of Manchester
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NewsHousing boss calls for national housebuilding target
The government has been urged to set a national target for housebuilding
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NewsGalliford seals £100m housing PFI
Galliford Try has reached financial close on a £100m private finance initiative contract to supply 240 supported housing units for Kent council, enabling work to get under way on the project
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NewsBRE to launch sustainability standard for new build housing
Think tank plans voluntary standard following government decision to axe Code for Sustainable Homes
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NewsNHBC streamlines board, with two senior departures
Finance director Sandra Kelly and commercial director Richard Tamayo to leave organisation
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NewsKier wins £140m housing repairs job
Kier has won a contract to provide planned maintenance across 33,000 homes for Genesis Housing Association
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NewsBerkeley boss: I won’t defend Vauxhall tower
Pidgley admits Broadway Malyan-designed tower is not firm’s finest building but maintains he is not ‘un-proud’ of scheme
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NewsThree bidders battle for Olympic Park housing
Three bidders shortlisted for contract to develop 1,500 homes on the East Wick and Sweetwater neighbourhoods
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NewsBerkeley reports massive jump in profit
Profit at London developer rises 40% to £380m after firm completes 30% more homes than during pre-recession peak
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NewsCrest Nicholson posts sharp jump in revenue and profit
Crest Nicholson has enjoyed a strong first half of the year, posting a 38% rise in profit, with revenue up by a quarter
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NewsBoris reveals sites for 50,000-home development push
Mayor of London unveils plans for 20 ‘housing zones’ across the capital to speed development of 50,000 homes