Housing News – Page 265
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NewsThe suburban carbon slashers
It looks like a thirties terrace but it's leading the way in getting rid of almost all carbon emissions
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NewsLow cost eco-housing on show at Interbuild
Birmingham exhibition to showcase offsite affordable housing which costs £60,000 per unit as well as timber-framed Code Level 5 house
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NewsHousing associations primed to bail out troubled landlords
Tenant Services Authority makes list of take over partners for bankrupt associations
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NewsNorthern exposure
Sarah Webb of the Chartered Institute of Housing tells us what the UK and Canadian housing sectors could learn from eachother
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NewsGovernment housing measures hurt market
Housebuilders say small government initiatives make buyers delay purchase
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NewsBloor sells excess units to housing association
First housebuilder takes up government offer to part-fund transfer of unsold homes to public sector
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NewsHow the credit crunch is hitting private tenants
The housing slump could see more private tenants lose their homes and unscuplulous landlords move into the market. But our columnist says greater regulation could be an unexpected boon for institutional investors
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NewsBoard members for new housing agencies announced
16 board members of Homes and Communities Agency and Tenant Services Authority named
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NewsMortgage lending falls 42% since last year
Council of Mortgage Lenders says gross lending declined to £17.7bn in September, the lowest figure since January 2005
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NewsBarratt to raise £200m in land sell-off
Reports that troubled housebuilder is looking at 4,400ha fire sale
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NewsThe land that took the bite out of the credit crunch
The head of Canada's affordable housing lobby group tells us why the country has escaped the worst of the housing downturn and about a pot of gold which could solve the country's housing repair problems
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NewsCouncil creates grand designs to inspire locals
Bradford council renovates two homes and teaches residents how to improve their own
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NewsWill buyer loans help housebuilders?
Housebuilders and lenders tell us what they think of the government's loan scheme to help first time buyers
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NewsHousing agency chair hits out at government inaction
The government must help housebuilding now by buying up development land, says Robert Napier
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NewsBellway fears death of HBOS will muzzle mortgage lending
Britain’s third biggest housebuilder worries housing slump will continue as profit plummets 85%
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NewsMake homeowners pay for greener homes, says report
UK Green Building Council says homeowners should be forced to improve energy rating before selling
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NewsAccordia is first housing scheme to win Stirling prize
Feilden Clegg Bradley praised by Home Builders Federation for ‘high-quality design’
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NewsMission possible: Gedling Mission Hall
Despite the credit crunch, Buxton Homes has recently started work on this £5m scheme by Weston Williamson Architects
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Developers rush to participate in £300m buyer loan scheme
More than 100 developers and housing associations have submitted formal expressions of interest for a new £300m government scheme to bolster the housing market.
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Report predicts housebuilder takeovers
The housebuilding industry is set for a rash of takeovers as larger builders snap up smaller rivals in a bid to beat the financial turmoil.