Housing News – Page 260
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NewsThames Gateway and flooding: going with the flow
An architect tells the Thames Gateway Forum how to live with flooding
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NewsLifecycle tool helps housing associations apply for funding
New costing tool from BLP was developed alongside the Housing Corporation
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NewsEx-director buys David McLean Homes from administrators
New firm set up by group's former finance director buys housing arm out of adminstration
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RICS warning on 'unrealistic' homes targets
'Disastrous' new figures show housing starts down 26% over past year
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NewsWhere now for the Thames Gateway?
Withdrawn transport schemes, impending recession and renewed tensions over the investment plan: the future for the Thames Gateway never looked bleaker. So what’s to be done? In the run-up to next week’s Thames Gateway forum, the leaders of the programme tell us how it can be delivered.
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HCA chief will review Thames Gateway delivery bodies
A review of the bodies in charge of delivering the planned £9bn regeneration of the Thames Gateway is to be instigated by Eamonn Boylan, deputy chief executive designate for the Homes and Communities Agency.
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NewsSt Paul’s tower may ‘grind to halt’ after council veto
Sheffield planning committee rejects changes proposed by architect on £40m scheme
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NewsOffshore deal saves Bewley Homes from collapse
Investors launch last-minute rescue after bank cuts credit to £65m-turnover housebuilder
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Only 22 homes crack the Code
Only 22 developments have been certified under the Code for Sustainable Homes since it came into force a year and a half ago.
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NewsUrban Splash slams ‘drug dealer’ utilities
Urban Splash’s Nick Johnson likened energy companies to drug dealers this week as he called for reform of the utilities markets
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1,000 new homes join £1bn RSL backlog each month
Housing associations fear low sales could seriously impair ability to build homes for affordable rent
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NewsPukka apartments
Planning permission has been granted for the conversion of Danbury Palace, a grade II-listed manor house near Chelmsford, into a luxury apartment block.
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in October 2008
A slight rise in social housing cannot mask the massive drop-off in the private sector
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NewsHome time: Duggan Morris' housing scheme
A private housing scheme in south-east London, designed by Duggan Morris Architects, has been given the green light by Lewisham council
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NewsAngel of the east: Jacobs Webber
The Angel Group has submitted its Angel House tower, nicknamed the Number One tower, for planning permission
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NewsMortgage lending up slightly in October
Gross lending up 7% on September but still 44% down on a year ago
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NewsSir Terry Farrell made design czar for London suburbs
Boris Johson appoints leading architect to new Outer London Commission
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NewsBoris launches £5bn London housing strategy
Mayor pledges to support housing market and boost construction sector
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NewsCredit crunch holds up prototype eco-town
Northstowe near Cambridge will be delayed at least a year because of funding problems and project complexity
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NewsGleeson cuts more jobs after £9.6m writedown
Regeneration company will move head office from Hampshire to Sheffield in bid to cut costs