All Housing articles – Page 164
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NewsCall for space labels for new homes
Housing Forum report says mandatory labelling would drive up standards without regulation
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NewsDavid Cameron downgrades role of housing minister
Prime minister’s ministerial reshuffle sees junior minister Kris Hopkins appointed in place of Mark Prisk as housing minister
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NewsHouse sales hit four-year high
News comes as government launches mortgage guarantee element of Help to Buy
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CommentBonfire of the houses
Help to Buy will have a sting in the tail in terms of cost and repayment - not to mention house price inflation - and could end badly
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CommentDon't treat housing ministers like premiership managers
Alastair Stewart on why getting rid of the first housing minister in years who knew anything about the industry is a mistake
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NewsMark Prisk sacked from role as housing minister
Prisk says he has been asked to step down from role as housing minister to make way for ‘younger generation’
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CommentBring back the SME housebuilders
Housing was centre stage over the party conference season, but we will not build the new homes the country needs unless SMEs are brought back into the market
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CommentAll frame and no work
We need to overhaul EU procurement processes which are slow, inefficient and expensive
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NewsCala Homes posts record profit despite revenue fall
Housebuilder increases the number of private homes built, with affordable home completions falling by 25%
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CommentThey don’t know what they’ve built
David Frise with the second in his series of articles charting his experience of buying a new build flat marketed as reaching Code for Sustainable Homes level three
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NewsLots Road Power Station: Lots of apartments
One of London’s first steel framed buildings is converted into flats
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NewsMiller stock market float 'not close'
Reports that contractor and housebuilder Miller Group is considering a stock market float described as ‘hugely speculative’
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CommentHousing news worth celebrating
Put the champagne on ice until we see a return to a sustainable level of housing supply and affordable prices
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NewsMinisters eye solutions for crisis in housing for elderly
Ministers from three departments have met in the last week to attempt to find a way to tackle the looming crisis in housing for older people
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NewsBrickmakers boost capacity to address supply problems
Brick and blockmakers increase capacity by 10% to meet increase in demand as housing market takes off
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NewsLipton Rogers to target residential schemes
Sir Stuart Lipton says residential schemes will be a key focus of his new development business founded with Peter Rogers
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NewsGovernment accelerates Help to Buy
Treasury brings forward the mortgage guarantee element of the Help to Buy scheme from January
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CommentChanging our culture for 'deep' retrofit
We need to substantially change the way we work to achieve the highest standards of energy efficiency and enjoy the benefits this would bring
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CommentZen and the Art of Building Regulations
Codes and ratings should be voluntary as we will default to mediocrity if we try to legislate for excellence
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NewsGreen light for 3,500-home scheme near Norwich
Joint venture development team wins outline consent for major scheme near Norwich