Housing News – Page 239
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NewsStirring up apathy: construction standards for affordable housing grants
Those bidding for funds from the National Affordable Housing Programme are being asked to sign up to new construction standards. Chris Moquet wonders why so few have done so
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Homes for east London
London mayor Boris Johnson has approved plans for 750 homes in east London
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Mansell’s £3.6m win
Construction firm Mansell has won a £3.6m contract to design and build 20 homes
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Social mortgages
One of the UK’s largest housing associations will bring out its own range of mortgages
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Calls to delay the code
A Midlands-based developer is calling on the government to delay the introduction of the Code for Sustainable Homes
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Fate of UDCs in balance as government ponders their role
A government review of urban development corporations may decide to abolish them and hand their powers to local authorities
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NewsLib Dems warn of repossession time bomb as rescue scheme fails
Alarm grows after news that government's £280m mortgage rescue scheme has helped just six households
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NewsHCA to offer contractors land for housing
Agency to tempt new building firms into housing market with land for equity deal
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NewsPM raids Decent Homes to fund election promise on housebuilding
Repair programme may be cut to fund £1.5bn manifesto pledge for 30,000 new social homes, say newspaper reports
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NewsHouse price trends turn positive, reports Nationwide
Quarterly rate of change turns positive for first time in 18 months and annual decline slips into single figures
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NewsGovernment pledges £1.5bn to affordable homes
Investment over next two years aims to deliver 20,000 new homes and create 45,000 jobs
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NewsPerrins replaces Pidgley as Berkeley boss
Finance director Rob Perrins takes over operational duties at housebuilder as Tony Pidgley becomes chairman
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NewsThere'll always be Dalston
Plans to build 207 homes in Dalston, east London, have been given the go-ahead by Hackney council
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NewsEven if they wanted to
Robin Hardy explains why mortgage lending will not, and cannot, return to anything close to 2007 levels
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NewsGovernment U-turn on Part L provokes industry fury
Plan to force homeowners to include eco measures in home improvements dropped at last minute
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Regeneration fund deadline may block bigger schemes
London mayor adviser warns 2011 completion date will rule out complex projects from Kickstart cash
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Norwich bags £7.5m from HCA
The government’s housing agency will plough £7.5m into new homes in Norwich as part of a deal with the city’s council
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New home registration hits highest level since July 2008
The number of planned new homes has hit its highest level for nearly a year, new figures show
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in May 2009
May’s total registrations were up 9% on the previous month, but sales were down from May last year
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NewsTelford Homes buys Clifford Contracting
East London housebuilder makes acquisition for £6.3m to improve cash flow