Housing News – Page 220
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NewsHouseholders could earn £900 in feed-in tariffs
Government announces details of payments to households that use photovoltaics and micro wind turbines to feed in energy to the grid
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NewsHouse prices up 0.1% in January
Hometrack figures show slight monthly increase but prices are down on this time last year
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NewsUnexplainable homes: Access to flats
David Birkbeck's look at the shock troops of housing design continues with a dramatic reinvention
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NewsHCA deputy head to lead Stockport council
Eamonn Boylon, who was poached by Homes and Communities Agency last year, will leave in March
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NewsBenfield Construction goes bust
Workers face redundancy as Benfield Group puts Midlands-based construction arm into liquidation
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NewsDavid Birkbeck launches housing design review series
Chief executive of Design for Homes to showcase examples of good and bad design on Building website
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NewsBovis Homes signs £150m banking deal
Four-year revolving credit facility with five-bank syndicate has improved terms thanks to strong balance sheet and housing upturn
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NewsHCA grants Hackney regeneration scheme £27m
Next phase of Woodberry Down mixed-use project will deliver 250 homes in north-east London
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NewsGary Neville hires Make to design eco-house
Flower-like design in Pennines for footballer dubbed 'Teletubbyland' home by locals
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NewsMcInerney sees no respite from depressed housing market
Irish housebuilder cuts number of completed homes by half
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NewsUnexplainable homes: House or hovercraft?
The new series kicks off with how energy efficiency can become an eyesore
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NewsHalf a million affordable homes could face axe
National Housing Federation warns budget plans could force housing cuts and 278,000 job losses
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NewsAlan Cherry dies aged 76
The founding director of Countryside Properties was awarded the MBE in 1984 and CBE in 2003
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Tories to punish ‘Nimby’ councils
Tory shadow housing minister Grant Shapps this week pledged to take money away from “Nimby” councils in order to fund incentives for local authorities that want housing growth
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News2009 was the worst year for housing since the fifties
NHBC figures show that registrations and sales fell about 20% – even on 2008’s disastrous levels
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions December 2009
The monthly figures show some good news – private registrations are up 130% on last year
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NewsNew homes: a rogues' gallery
Design for Home's David Birkbeck has compiled a picture gallery of poorly designed UK housing. Prepare to be depressed …
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NewsGovernment to miss 2010 Decent Homes target by a decade
Study reveals that many of over 300,000 homes still unrepaired will not be improved at all
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NewsMortgage lending fell 43% last year
Latest figures show lending of £143.7bn in 2009 exceeded expectations despite dramatic drop from 2008 levels
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NewsTaylor Wimpey may demerge US arm
Housebuilder examines options for floating north American business to raise £600m