Housing News – Page 240
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NewsRepossession forecast downgraded by 15%
Trade association ups optimism as interest rate cuts make morgage payments more affordable
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News2012 affordable housing plans confirmed
ODA signs off £269m agreement with Triathlon Homes to turn athletes' village into low-cost homes
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NewsHome vendors cut asking prices again
Downward trend returns in June after five months of rises, says Rightmove
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NewsPlans to improve existing stock dropped from Part L proposals
Plan to make energy efficiency improvements compulsory when extending homes has been scrapped
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NewsTaylor Wimpey expects to start new work in autumn
Housebuilder is looking for land-buying opportunities, as it expects to see an increase in price of homes in second half of year
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NewsRental fund plan could grow after £1bn investor interest
Unprecedented number of bids from investors means homes agency may start up to four initiatives
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Association takeover
Presentation Housing Association has been taken over by Notting Hill Housing Group
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Call to regenerate
Housing charity Shelter has called for the housing market renewal pathfinder scheme, to regenerate unpopular areas of the North and Midlands, to get funding beyond 2011.
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£3.5m Aylesbury win
Morgan Ashurst has won a £3.5m contract to build a conference centre and council building for Aylesbury Vale council
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Repairs matter most
A survey by the Tenant Service Authority has found 81% of social housing tenants think repairs are the most important thing for a landlord to get right
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Bottom of the market
House prices are likely to bottom out at the start of 2010, a property consultant has said
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NewsDogged determination: Green light for Barking Riverside
The first 3,300 homes at the Barking Riverside site in east London have finally been approved by the Thames Gateway Development Corporation and Barking and Dagenham council
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NewsWhen the going gets tough
Rather than relaxing rules to bail out ailing schemes, now is the time to introduce clear design standards, so their cost is factored in when the market recovers
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Planning applications in May 2009
The number of projects at detailed planning stage dropped and Heron topped the clients’ chart
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NewsIt's housebuilding, but not as we know it: how the industry will be changed by the crash
After the blind panic of 2008 and the restrained optimism of 2009, housebuilders have begun to think about the way forward
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NewsGovernment to extend planning permission length to six years
John Healey uses first speech as housing minister to announce three-year extension to planning consent duration
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NewsHCA to focus on funds for green existing stock
Housing Finance Group will aim to secure private finance to retrofit UK housing
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NewsUS housing starts hits 30-month high
A 17.2% increase in May was more than twice what economists predicted
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NewsMinister vows more housing choice for councils
John Healy defends government's social housing record in first public speech as housing minister
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News£3.5bn Bellway joint venture gets green light
London scheme will see 3,300 homes and two schools built in partnership with communities agency