Housing News – Page 318
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NewsDublin’s square city
The €750m (£500m) Northern Quarter in Dublin city centre has received planning permission from the council.
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News'Cardiovascular' house wins eco-prize
Californian architectural students win Concrete Centre competition after designing house with 'arteries'
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NewsRoof collapses in Yorkshire flash flood
Collapse of housing block roof during torrential downpour leads to evacuation of 30 elderly residents
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NewsThe refurbishment challenge
Web exclusive: An innovative project in Sutton is trying to tackle two major sustainable headaches – how do we address the existing inefficient housing stock and how do we know which methods of environmentally-friendly upgrades are more effective?
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NewsPersimmon completes Ironstone
Image: Ironstone provides 114 new homes for Telford regeneration scheme
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NewsWolseley warns of continued US housing market downturn
The building giant's trading statement reveals pre-tax profits for American operations have fallen further
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Population pressure: can Britain learn to live with Hong Kong-style housing?
Developments are being built that cram 2,500 homes into a hectare, and more are on the way. A team of architects has reported on how we can manage the social strains that arise in such ‘superdense’ schemes
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Mears denies ‘massaging’ figures as inquiry opens
Housing Corporation examines claims that repair firm provided false tenant satisfaction figures
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NewsThe plight of the ‘new poor’
Here are 10 measures that we must implement if young people are to have any hope of buying homes
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English Partnerships to insist on bigger homes
English Partnerships (EP) is to require that houses built on its sites offer greater space.
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NewsDensity backlash
Anti-superdensity feeling increased last week after Islington council in north London vetoed plans for a 39-storey residential block on the outskirts of the City.
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Housing shares slump as interest rate rises take their toll
Share prices across the housing sector fell sharply this week as housebuilders sounded the first serious notes of caution over interest rate hikes.
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NewsBrown seeks alternative to PGS
Prime minister puts housing at the top of the agenda and unveils plans to build 3 million homes by 2020
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NewsTender prices continue steady rise
BCIS finds price rise could outstrip general inflation over two years
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NewsHouse price rises slow for first time since 2006
RICS report finds fall in buyer demand due to interest rate rise
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Brown lays foundations for housing Nirvana
Gordon Brown wants to build 40,000 more homes a year and today he revealed how he intends to hit the target
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NewsBrown pledges three million new homes by 2020
Brown announces a new housing agency to help deliver 40,000 more homes a year by 2016
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NewsBarratt warns of 'tightening' housing market
Housebuilder takes prudent line as it predicts that interest rates rises will cause housing market to tighten
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NewsLondon house prices flat in June
Interest rate rises start to bite as house prices in London rise only 0/.7% in June