Housing News – Page 304
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NewsPrime green
Here is a sneak preview of HTA Architects’ design for housebuilder Barratt’s zero-carbon housing development in Britain at Hanham Hall near Bristol.
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NewsSocial housing plans face a £2.5bn shortfall
Pricewaterhouse Coopers says funding has failed to keep pace with development targets
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NewsSo what if it’s raining?
Housebuilders need to look beyond the dismal economic weather and make arrangements for the future if they are to deliver 3 million zero-carbon, cost-effective homes by 2020.
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NewsThe housebuilder’s plan McCarthy & Stone
In the first of a series of company profiles, Jon Neale opens the door on the UK’s biggest retirement homes specialist
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… as NFB calls for £8bn budget to be released
The National Federation of Builders has urged the prime minister to sanction the early release some of the Housing Corporation’s £8bn budget as part of a rescue package for the housing market.
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NewsThe eve of Adamstown
The £300m mixed-use centre of Adamstown, Ireland's only independent new town, has been submitted for planning approval by London urban designer Metropolitan Workshop and Irish developer Castlethorne Construction.
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NewsImages: Manhattan inspires Urban Splash housing in Liverpool
The first 700-homes built at the developer's Great George Street scheme will be called Tribeca after its New York namesake
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NewsRICS reports falling house prices for January
RICS housing market survey shows 54.7% of surveyors reported declining prices for last month
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NewsGlastonbury House is saved with £10m revamp
Sixties eyesore tower block sets an example for others with EcoHomes “very good” rating
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NewsFlint underlines commitment to 3m homes by 2020
New housing minister says increasing housing supply is her ‘first priority’
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NewsNHBC: A year has been wasted
Housing watchdog boss slates government’s efforts to meet Code for Sustainable Homes
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News£1bn ‘city beneath a city’ planned for Amsterdam
Lack of space and high land prices drive engineers to plan 1 million m2 project under canals
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NewsBaby, it’s cold outside
There’s a chill wind blowing through the North-west as demand for city-centre apartments plummets – with knock-on effects on land values. David Blackman looks at how the industry is responding and where best to keep warm
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Buy-to-let ‘has added £14,000 to average house price’
House prices have been inflated by buy-to-let investors, according to a report by the government’s housing affordability advisers.
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NewsPlanning applications: January 2008
Applications hold steady in the South-east and rise sharply in the Midlands, North and South-west
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NewsKier signs £400m contract with Stoke-on-Trent
Construction firm and city council form joint venture company to maintain 20,000 council houses
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NewsHousing new builds hit 30-year high in London
Latest figures show 33,000 new homes including 12,000 affordable homes were built in capital last year
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NewsHousing superagency sets up London board
Sub committee chaired by London mayor will help speed up capital’s £3bn housebuilding programme
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NewsBerkeley Homes in court battle over £200m London scheme
Southwark council accuses developer of carrying out illegal work at £200m housing scheme near Tower Bridge
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NewsTower Hamlets residential tower gets green light
Council gives planning approval for a 44-floor block, the latest part of Ballymore's Providence Wharf development