Housing News – Page 201
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HSE to lose extra inspectors
The Health and Safety Executive will not renew the contracts of the 24 temporary construction safety inspectors it recruited last year when their employment ends next June
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NewsLife after death for Cabe arm as housing rating tool revived
Design watchdog to set up Community Interest Company to take on Building for Life business
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NewsGovernment U-turn on planning levy
Coalition pledges to stick with Labour planning tariff after all
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NewsOctober mortgage lending lowest since 2000
At £12.4bn monthly lending was down 9% on October 2009
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NewsBarratt sees forward sales drop on 'weak' autumn
Housebuilder sees future private reservations drop by 24% on last year
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NewsAdministrators confirm closure of majority of Rok
Nearly 2,000 jobs to go as two of three remaining divisions shut down
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NewsGovernment confirms September house price fall
Communities department data says prices off by 0.7%
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NewsBanks 'very likely' to pull plug on Rok
Remaining jobs set to be lost as administrators struggle over sale
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NewsTaylor Wimpey completes £950m refinancing
However housebuilder loses finance director as housing market weakens
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NewsAutumn sales flat says Persimmon
Housebuilder says seasonal uplift in reservations has failed to materialise
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NewsHomeowners cut asking prices by 3.2%
Rightmove’s house price index shows Christmas downturn has come early as average property takes over 100 days to sell
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NewsKier warns of social housing "hiatus"
Contractor warns of transition period between funding models but welcomes “good start” to financial year
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NewsPickles: Localism Bill to be introduced "within days"
Secretary of state says that the bill will be introduced to parliament within “days”
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Government: regional plans "re-established"
Chief planner admits effect of Cala ruling is to reverse scrapping of regional plans
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NewsPickles 'will not appeal' regional plan ruling
Government says the intention to abolish regional plans should remain “material consideration” in planning decisions
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NewsJudge rules abolition of regional plans 'unlawful'
Decision by Justice Scales will throw government planning reform into chaos