Housing News – Page 287
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NewsHouse prices 'largest ever quarterly fall'
Nationwide figures estimate largest ever quarterly fall in value in the last three months but show less drop in June than previous months
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NewsBahrain firm acquires site next to Battersea Power Station
Investate expands in Europe with Tideway Wharf, a £325m waterfront residential development in London
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NewsTories turn on eco-towns as protestors march on parliament
As objectors from across England join forces to protest against eco-towns, Conservatives withdraw support for the new towns
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News3m homes by 2020: mission impossible?
There are ways to ease the effects of the housebuilding slowdown on the government's housebuilding targets
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NewsTaylor Wimpey in £660m landbank write-down
Housebuilder issues City statement announcing planned rights issue after 'significant downturn in the market'
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NewsHouse of mud stars in Glastonbury line-up
The low impact FAB house will demonstrate sustainable building products such as mud render and straw bales
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NewsEnglish Partnerships' Robet Napier to chair new homes agency
The current EP chair will take on the same role at the Homes and Communities Agency when it opens for business on December 1
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Bidder pulls out of eco-town contest
East Lindsey Disctric Council will no longer promote Manby in Lincolnshire as a potential eco-town following massive local opposition
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NewsBerkeley sales drop 25% in year of two halves
Berkeley records 3% rise in 2007 profit but Tony Pidgley warns of challenging and uncertain times
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Outsider makes it to last two in race to be HCA’s first chair
Ex-bus company boss Bob Davies vies with English Partnerships’ Robert Napier to head superage
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Credit crunch claims two more housebuilding firms
Capricorn Homes and Dalesmoor Homes go into administration as future darkens for small companies
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NewsMiddle East funds circle UK housebuilders
More than 10 Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds are running the rule over UK housebuilders, sources have confirmed, writes Tom Bill.
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NewsFlint: Fewer than 10 eco-towns may be built
The government will not force through 10 eco-towns in the face of public opposition if proposed schemes do not make the grade, ministers have decided.
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NewsOFT investigation: Enough of the mudslinging
The OFT investigation has certainly focused the minds of public sector clients, says Jon Rouse, but now it’s time to stop casting blame and get on with the work
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NewsCroudace boss reveals inside story of failed sale
Andy Yallop explains how the housebuilder came to turn down an offer from Hyde Housing Association
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Cotswoldgate facing liquidation
The administrator of Cotswoldgate is poised to put the collapsed housebuilder into liquidation, a move that could pave the way for legal action against its former directors, writes Michael Glackin.
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NewsBuilding Regs overhaul set to make homes flood resistant
Government-commissioned report into last year’s flooding calls for big change in housebuilding methods
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NewsAddenbrookes Hospital: Hospital housing
Housing association Sanctuary has received detailed planning permission for this 100-apartment key-worker housing scheme on a car park in the grounds of Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge.