All Housing articles – Page 247
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NewsHousebuilder of the year
Well, the strong favourite won this award this year: Berkeley Group – the only volume housebuilder to come through the recession almost unscathed …
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NewsEx-Wimpey finance boss takes over at Countryside
Andrew Carr-Locke appointed executive chairman to get tighter control of finances
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Housing stats: New build sales and completions in March 2010
This month’s data reveals private registrations are 140% above the same time last year
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NewsLancsville failure delays £42m job by 18 months
Collapsed contractor’s biggest project more than 16% over budget after structural defects
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NewsPersimmon reports 20% rise in value of sales
Housebuilder reports sales of £1.5bn since the start of the year
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NewsQatar resi rental market continues to fall
Report reveals declines of up to 11%, although studio and one-bedroom apartments saw little change
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NewsMears wins £170m repairs job
Lambeth council awards social housing repairs firm seven-year contract to start in October
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FeaturesRunning Countryside: Another bite of the Cherry
Two days after Countryside chairman Alan Cherry died, his sons were back at work. Graham, the housebuilder’s chief executive, talks to Joey Gardiner about the values his father instilled in him – and whether the company will be able to hang on to its vision in less certain times
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NewsActive fire protection: What’s the best way to do it?
Wales is on the brink of becoming the first region in the UK to demand active fire protection in all new homes, but how should it be done?’
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News£4bn of large London schemes back on track
Research by Building has revealed that more than £4bn of large developments in London have come back online in recent months,
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NewsGalliford Try teams up with social housing landlord
Housebuilder and Affinity Sutton Group to build 296 homes in the South-east
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NewsTelford Homes: Year-end results will be ahead of expectations
London and Essex-based housebuilder says it has sold 389 properties this year, compared with 350 last year
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NewsLabour under fire for proposing regeneration cuts in manifesto
Property industry attacks pledge to make 'savings in regeneration funding'
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NewsHousing sales increase at fastest rate for three years
21% more surveyors saw more instructions than those that saw less in March
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NewsFour firms scoop £149m Scottish housing upgrade
Renfrewshire council awards Apollo, Wates Living Space, Connaught and Carillion Planned Maintenance contracts to renovate 13,000 council properties
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NewsSt Modwen to start construction of £1bn Welsh 'new community'
Section 106 agreement with Newport council clears way for building work at 600-acre steelworks redevelopment
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NewsVienna's vision
This dramatic apartment block in Austria managed to incorporate cantilever balconies with some interesting technology
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FeaturesStrata tower: Southwark’s sore thumb
The Strata tower sticks out 150m above south London’s downtrodden Elephant and Castle. But, rather than being a symbol of aspiration, the building is turning away from the very area it’s meant to be giving a lift
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NewsElection shutdown forces quangos to halt spending
7,000 homes brought to market as government extends election purdah to quangos