Housing News – Page 299
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HBOS backs £80m Catesby plan for brownfield housing
Bank gives financial backing to venture investing in housing-led schemes for South-eastern brownfield sites
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NewsBarratt puts Wilson Bowden Developments up for sale
Housebuilder expects to make £195m from the sale of the business it bought last April
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NewsGleeds wins contract on Foster + Partners' resort
Consultant will cost manage the £100m scheme at Corniche Bay in Mauritius
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NewsPlanning applications: March 2008
Number of new homes at detailed planning stage falls 43% in March, with the North hardest hit
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NewsOpen sesame
Increasing density in our towns and cities is a more sustainable option than building new towns full of eco homes. But unlocking the funds that make this approach possible is not easy, says Jon Rouse
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NewsHBF asks government to buy unsold private homes
Housing Corporation offers qualified support to housebuilders’ plan to bolster market
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NewsThe housebuilder’s plan - City lofts
Our company profiles continue with a developer that is attempting to cope with the drop in sales of city-centre flats in northern England. Jon Neale takes a look around
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Regeneration super agency to save tax payers £1bn
Homes and Communities agency will increase efficiencies by combing work of Housing Corporation and English Partnerships
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NewsBank of Scotland takes 40% stake in Tulloch Homes
Deal worth £27.5m comes after Inverness-based housebuilder postponed plans to float
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NewsSkanska brings ModernaHus to the UK
Contractor brings green Swedish housing concept with certified BRE to the UK market
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NewsEco-town advisory board named
John Walker, former Commission for New Towns boss, to chair 12-man panel that also includes Wayne Hemmingway, Sunand Prasad and Sir Peter Hall
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NewsEco-features at Rotherhithe Estate project
Constructing Excellence looks at the eco-improvements that lead to the scheme being awarded an EcoHomes rating of Excellent
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NewsMasterplan for Chelsea Barracks site goes to planning
Luxury developer submits £1bn scheme on former London barracks site for planning
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NewsSharp drop in house prices
Halifax survey records 2.5% fall in average house price to £191,556 in March
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NewsAtkins masterplan for Cardiff Bay scheme wins approval
Bay Pointe waterfront development will feature Wales’ tallest residential buildings
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NewsGreen lessons from Sweden
With growing pressure to build quick yet green buildings, the UK should look to Sweden for inspiration
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NewsNo...gas cookers... power shower... open windows... thanks…
A report by the NHBC reveals that the zero-carbon revolution is leaving home buyers cold. And if nobody’s going to buy them, is anybody going to build them?
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NewsFirst Base in 8,000 home deal with Barking council
Fledgling developer and east London council to set up England’s first local housing company
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NewsBernard Ainsworth is hired to take on the Shard
Legendary project director leaves Atkins to lead development of 312m London Bridge tower
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Qatari firm Panceltica’s AIM flotation takes City by storm
Contractor in talks with UK housebuilders about forming a strategic alliance in the UK