Housing News – Page 286
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EP boss wins two-horse race to chair new superagency
English Partnerships’ chair Robert Napier will be the first chair of the Homes and Communities Agency when it goes live on 1 December.
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NewsGianni’s place: RIBA Lubetkin Prize winner
A tiny private house in Costa Rica, designed by London-based architect Gianni Botsford, has won the RIBA Lubetkin Prize for international architecture.
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Public funding for land buying
Housing minister Caroline Flint is set to announce a major expansion of publicly funded land buying within weeks to ensure homes continue to be built in the downturn.
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Housing target must increase by 100,000 a year, says watchdog
Government advisers urge expansion in housebuilding despite price falls
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Mergers contribute to housing association expansion
Associations grow by half but efficiency claims hard to prove
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NewsBarratt makes 1,000 staff redundant
Troubled housebuilder tells staff it is shedding 15% of 6,500 workforce, closing two divisions and merging eight others
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NewsConstruction activity falls fastest for 11 years
Housebuilding reaches new low on purchasing managers' index as construction falls for fourth month in a row
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NewsPathfinders demolish more homes than they build
MPs' accounts committee says it is unclear what benefits government's housing regeneration initiative has brought
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NewsOlympic Village new-build down a quarter to 3m ft²
Changes to the residential units of the Olympic Village have cut build estimate by 1m ft²
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NewsGalliford Try shares leap as profits on target
Housing market downturn fails to dent profits as contractor says £60m-plus target will be met
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NewsTexas Pacific Group rumoured to bid for Taylor Wimpey
Media reports suggest private investment firm is ready to rescue housebuilder
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Housing slump hits product manufacturers
Heavy side products suffer sharpest slowdown in second quarter of 2008
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NewsCaroline Flint announces measures to combat housing downturn
Housing Corporation to offer developers larger upfront payments and buy unsold stock through national clearing house
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NewsCredit crunch slashes 900 flats from Olympic Village
ODA chief executive admits residential units will be reduced by a quarter
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NewsTaylor Wimpey's shares fall more than 50%
Housebuilder's new financial deal fails with 900 redundancies expected
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NewsBiggest fall in workload since mid nineties
RICS survey finds government housing targets under more pressure as private-sector workloads fall
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NewsThe top 5 American green buildings
The founder of green website Jetson Green picks his five best completed projects in America, from housing schemes to a hotel and an office
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NewsBarratt secures refinancing package with lenders
Banks agree to relax covenants with housebuilder and allow it £400m fresh debt
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NewsMorgan Sindall issues profit warning for 2009
Construction group issues warning following weaknesses in housing and fit-out sectors