Housing News – Page 221
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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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NewsUnited House bags £18m Decent Homes contracts
Specialist house builder reveals contract wins with Places for People, Medway Council and Enfield Homes
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NewsWillmott Dixon wins £26m retirement village job
First phase of Milton Keynes scheme designed by Nichol Thomas includes 300 homes
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NewsTories pledge to take money from 'nimby' councils
At RICS election hustings event Grant Shapps defends policy of letting councils set their own housing targets
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NewsCouncil divided over Stewart Milne chicken farm site proposal
Application to build 55 houses on site of former poultry farm near Aberdeen has split local opinion
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NewsTaylor Wimpey says performance is 'encouraging'
Upbeat trading statement says 2009 has been better than 2008 and net debt has been reduced to £750m
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NewsRedrow appoints new finance director
Barbara Richmond, whose background is manufacturing and retail, replaces David Arnold as FD
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NewsBellway reservations up 54% on last year
Housebuilder issue positive AGM statement but remains wary about economic outlook
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NewsSales rise at Bovis Homes
Housebuilder says it has started buying land for development again, as 2010 sales order book stands at 643 homes
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NewsGovernment to take powers away from urban development corporations
Fate of UK's three UDCs decided by government review which deems them inefficient
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NewsMiller Group's forward sales reach £108m
Edinburgh-based firm says house sales for 2010 are up on last year and construction arm has 'good margins'
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NewsRise in house prices decelerating, reports RICS
Latest survey also reveals highly regionalised pattern to the UK house price recovery
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NewsGalliford Try nears target of buying 5,000 housing plots
Firm's housebuilding expansion plan proceeds apace as sales reservations rise 15%
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NewsScott Brownrigg 'dumbed down' design for Berkeley's Kidbrooke
Cabe says second phase of 4,500-home Greenwich scheme lacks 'sophistication' of Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands masterplan
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NewsCouncils receive 4,000 council homes cash
Government funding of £123m for 73 local authorities will require the use of apprentices
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NewsGreen light for £180m Greenock dock scheme
Inverclyde Council approves plans for revival of historic James Watt Dock with more than 1,000 homes
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NewsHCA names contractors to build homes
Wates, Laing O'Rourke and Seddon among raft of building firms to win places on framework to build homes on public land
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NewsCabe and HCA bosses clash over Kickstart scheme
Letters reveal mutual blame over assessment and design standards for £1bn housing programme
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Housing stats: New build sales and completions in November 2009
Private registrations in the run-up to Christmas were up dramatically on 2008
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NewsPrivate housebuilders feel the chill as sales and assets plummet
The impact of the downturn on privately owned housebuilders has become clear as the end of year results for three of the UK’s largest show revenue falling by up to three-quarters