Housing News – Page 213
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NewsHousing industry fears cuts will damage recovery
Online poll for Housing Now virtual event reveals over two-thirds think government’s £6bn cuts are a threat
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NewsGovernment to scrap housing density laws
Guardian reports that housebuilders will be freed from minimum density targets
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NewsEx-Barratt boss to found new housebuilder
Adam Lawrence has been given £100m to set up London-based company
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Housing market slowing, says Halifax
Survey shows drop in house prices and 18% fall in sales compared to 2009
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NewsHCA told to work up proposals for slimmed-down future
The Homes and Communities Agency has been told to work up a series of options for how it might be slimmed down to aid a ministerial decision about its future over the summer.
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NewsCabe to call for single tough housing benchmark
Design quango wants standard, based on Building for Life, to be included in planning regulation
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Housing mandarin bags £180k
Salary details released by the Cabinet Office show that housing mandarin Richard McCarthy earns up to £180,000 a year.
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Ex-Redrow boss moves to Gladedale
Neil Fitzsimmons, the former boss of housebuilder Redrow, has become chief executive of Gladedale.
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Scottish private housebuilding reaches 29-year low
Private housebuilding in Scotland has fallen to its lowest level in almost three decades
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NewsPlanning applications in May 2010
Tesco grabs the top spot this month with two contracts worth £222m
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NewsCharles asks: Would you live in the homes you build?
Prince of Wales sets out new rule of thumb for housebuilders
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Double dip predicted for Europe house prices
Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s says French homes are the most overvalued, followed by the UK and Spain
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NewsNew government advice could halt housebuilding, warns HBF
Home builders fear scrapped housing plans could cause construction hiatus
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News£610m funding gap may leave HCA broke for a year
Black hole in housing quango’s budget means it has to review Kickstart scheme and this year’s funds
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NewsHeading for Reading
Reading Council and Dee Park Partnership have achieved financial close this week on the £44m first phase of the regeneration of Dee Park Estate
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NewsHousing stats: New build sales and completions in April 2010
Completions have fallen since last year, but registrations are on the rise
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NewsBerkeley pledges to achieve green standard on all schemes
First move by new boss is to ensure housebuilder meets silver Building for Life criteria across portfolio
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Galliford Try scoops £21m of work
The two projects in north-west England are the regeneration of a park in Warrington and a mosque and residential units in Ashton-under-Lyme
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Telford reports rising sales in East London
Housing group reports 10% increase in profit in ’extremely encouraging’ market
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NewsHCA faces £600m blackhole
Housing quango suspends all spending decisions after Treasury refuses to confirm previous funding promises