Housing News – Page 302
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NewsRenewable energy lessons from Austria
ESD and Crest Nicholson team up for Austrian energy to learn about renewable energy and passivhaus design
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NewsHips for new homes must rate sustainability
Rating against the Code for Sustainable Homes to become compulsory in information packs for new-build properties
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NewsHousing must provide play space for London youngsters
Guidelines set by the Mayor of London mean new residential developments in the capital must include outdoor areas for children
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NewsEnglish eco towns set to fail, declares Scotland’s minister
Stewart Maxwell says unlike England, developers in Scotland will be unable to resubmit failed bids
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Bid to tackle regeneration skills shortage
Consultation launched on strategy to avert feared shortfall of regeneration professionals
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NewsCroudace may sell up
Third generation of family-run housebuilder not interested in taking on the business
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NewsGalliford Try seeks 10% cut from housing suppliers
After Taylor Wimpey’s 5% demand, Galliford asks suppliers for help in ‘increasingly difficult market’
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Cost of zero-carbon housing too high for Isle of Wight
Council to build 800-home flagship development to lower eco standard to preserve land value
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Cost of zero-carbon housing too high for Isle of Wight
Council to build 800-home flagship development to lower eco standard to preserve land value
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NewsLet the bad times roll
Amid all the talk of credit crunch, downturns and recession, this could actually be a great opportunity to look at urban regeneration a little differently.
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NewsView from the rooftop
Forget the fabric of the building, inside the home is where you can make a real impact on its green rating. Anna Scothern of the National Centre for Excellence in Housing tells us how to score some points
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NewsAye, there’s the hub
Feilden Clegg Bradley has won a competition to design the London Greenhouse, a 70,000ft2 building that will act as a “hub” for research into environment issues.
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‘Sacrifices must be made’ to hit environmental targets
The government will have to choose between meeting green objectives and other aspirations, the chief executive of housebuilder Crest Nicholson told the EcoBuild conference.
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User manuals for green homes
Home buyers should not be able to buy a zero-carbon house without guidance about how to live in it, according to the head of the National House Building Council.
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Six in running for £2.5bn east London estate regeneration
Six bidders are in the running to build a £2.5bn flagship regeneration scheme near the Olympics site in east London.
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GLA calls for buy-to-let reform
The planning system needs to make “build-to-let” developments more attractive to institutional investors, according to a report out today.
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Developers miss housing grant
Private developers are to receive just 3% of the government’s £3.3bn allocation of grant for affordable housing.
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NewsBye-bye, buy-to-let
It may be the end of the road for the amateur investor, but with the rental market still strong, housebuilders are trying to find new ways of appealing to serious backers.
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NewsRedrow predicts gloomy 2008 after 'poor' results
Housebuilder's results are 'less robust' than Persimmon or Barratt says analyst