Housing News – Page 224
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NewsHouse prices rise in November but recovery may not last
Hometrack survey shows average cost of homes rose 0.2% but new buyer registrations are slowing in run-up to Christmas
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Tories promise £163bn green retrofit of 25 million homes
The Conservative party is set to offer loans of £6,500 to most of the UK’s 25 million households in order to make homes more energy efficient
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NewsBellway bosses get £240k in bonuses despite shareholder revolt last year
Chief executive and finance director are awarded bonuses as the housebuilder promises greater transparency for shareholders
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Insurers discuss response to Cumbrian floods with government
Association of British Insurers explains to ministers its action plan for people in affected areas
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NewsQuadron Property Services goes into administration
Rok and Connaught believed to be circling social housing firm’s repair and maintenance contract with North Somerset council
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NewsMitie buys Environmental Property Services for £38.5m
Social housing contractor will be integrated into property management business in south-east England
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NewsHousing starts leap 18%
Private housing shows particular rise from July to September, but 12-month figure is still 35% below previous year
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News£4.5bn Brent Cross masterplan gets green light
Plan to regeneration north-west London shopping centre area will provide 27,000 new jobs and 7,000 homes
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Thames Gateway schemes face £20m Olympic raid
London and Thurrock development corporations to have budgets cut to fund East End public spaces
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‘Plan B’ for Preston scheme
Public bodies in Lancashire are putting together a “plan B” for the troubled £700m Tithebarn retail-led regeneration scheme in Preston, after one of its development partners backed out last month
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London mayor pledges £220m to 50 public realm projects
Boris Johnson has said 50 public realm projects throughout the capital will receive £220m of funding from various bodies, including Transport for London and the London Development Agency, over the next three years
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NewsPhoenix rises
Leicester’s £21.5m Phoenix Square development opens its doors to the public this week
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NewsSafe as houses?
Housebuilders are unlikely to risk undermining a shaky recovery by building more houses – more’s the pity
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Housing Stats: New build sales and completions in October 2009
This month’s data reveals private registrations were up by more than 80% from last year.
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NewsKevin McCloud unveils protoype straw house
House with prefab panels infilled with straw bales could help UK meet its carbon reduction targets if used widely in housebuilding
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NewsRok picked as preferred bidder on £130m Oldham housing scheme
Repair and maintenance firm will build 430 homes and refurbish 324 council homes
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NewsBovis Homes housing reservations up 83%
Bovis Homes sees signs of turnaround in market amid modest growth in mortgage availability
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NewsLovell picked for £65m housing framework
Moat selects affordable housing specialist for its four-year framework to build and refurbish homes in south-east England
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NewsBarratt chief admits housing activity is still 'constrained'
Interim management statement reveals firm's active sites are down by 100 from last year
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NewsGovernment likely to miss 2020 housing target
New report reveals 240,000 homes must be built a year to hit target of three million