All Housing articles – Page 163
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NewsGovernment slashes housing standards red tape
Overhaul includes minimum space standards promise, as well as discarding requirments for rainwater harvesting
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NewsHCA searches for developer for Leeds scheme
Agency to start hunt for new phase of Tower Works scheme
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NewsPidgley warns housing becoming ‘political football’
Mipim latest: Chair of developer Berkeley Group implores politicians not to turn housing into 2015 election campaign issue
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NewsSix strong shortlist for next phase of Olympic homes
Six developers have been shortlisted for the next housing schemes to be built on the Olympic park in east London.
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CommentApprentices: How do we reverse the decline?
Despite government investment, the number of construction apprentices has halved through the downturn
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NewsBoris: ‘Sell homes to Londoners first’
Mipim latest: 50 developers sign up to housebuilding agreement with City Hall
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CommentYes, things are looking up
There are quite a few reasons why construction should be feeling better about things
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NewsLukewarm reaction to new planning guidance
Planners concerned pro-development stance has been watered down
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CommentNew planning guidance waters down government growth commitment
Revised guidance produced with an eye to 2015 election, rather than maximising growth
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CommentSustainability: What is it worth?
As green issues become a big issue for big business, why aren’t more companies following through on sustainability principles
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NewsPlanning stats: Residential projects and approvals in February 2014
Taylor Wimpey is the top housing client, while London and the South-east is the busiest region
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CommentA cause for celebration
The government’s £4bn social housing programme is set to increase stock for the first time since 1979. So why aren’t we shouting about it?
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NewsBumper results for housebuilders as market thrives
Barratt and Redrow post strong half-year results, with pre-tax profit, revenue and average selling price up
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FeaturesInterview: John White
After 30 years heading Persimmon, John White was never likely to spend his retirement at home in his slippers. But few expected him to take the helm at troubled retirement housebuilder McCarthy Stone
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NewsCall for low-cost housing in London city centre
Ecobuild latest: RIBA Gold Medallist 2014 Joseph Rykwert brands British cities ‘sick’
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CommentFarewell to the Code for Sustainable Homes
The government is right to want to scrap the Code for Sustainable Homes
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NewsMcCarthy & Stone plans jobs shake-up
Retirement homes developer starts “organisational review” after appointing new chief executive in January
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NewsDeveloper plots 70-storey Canary Wharf tower
Jersey-based Investin sounds out Tower Hamlets council on residential skyscraper scheme
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CommentBig business welcomes Labour's small sites push
The CBI’s Nicola Walker on why business supports Labour plans to allocate public land to small builders - up to a point
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CommentBrighter times with more demand
Housebuilders are in clover at the moment, but there will be pressure to boost output