All Housing articles – Page 248
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions December 2009
The monthly figures show some good news – private registrations are up 130% on last year
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NewsNew homes: a rogues' gallery
Design for Home's David Birkbeck has compiled a picture gallery of poorly designed UK housing. Prepare to be depressed …
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NewsGovernment to miss 2010 Decent Homes target by a decade
Study reveals that many of over 300,000 homes still unrepaired will not be improved at all
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NewsMortgage lending fell 43% last year
Latest figures show lending of £143.7bn in 2009 exceeded expectations despite dramatic drop from 2008 levels
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NewsTaylor Wimpey may demerge US arm
Housebuilder examines options for floating north American business to raise £600m
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News2009 was the worst year for housing since the fifties
NHBC figures show that registrations and sales fell about 20% – even on 2008’s disastrous levels
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NewsUnited House bags £18m Decent Homes contracts
Specialist house builder reveals contract wins with Places for People, Medway Council and Enfield Homes
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NewsWillmott Dixon wins £26m retirement village job
First phase of Milton Keynes scheme designed by Nichol Thomas includes 300 homes
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NewsTories pledge to take money from 'nimby' councils
At RICS election hustings event Grant Shapps defends policy of letting councils set their own housing targets
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NewsCouncil divided over Stewart Milne chicken farm site proposal
Application to build 55 houses on site of former poultry farm near Aberdeen has split local opinion
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NewsTaylor Wimpey says performance is 'encouraging'
Upbeat trading statement says 2009 has been better than 2008 and net debt has been reduced to £750m
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NewsRedrow appoints new finance director
Barbara Richmond, whose background is manufacturing and retail, replaces David Arnold as FD
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NewsBellway reservations up 54% on last year
Housebuilder issue positive AGM statement but remains wary about economic outlook
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NewsSales rise at Bovis Homes
Housebuilder says it has started buying land for development again, as 2010 sales order book stands at 643 homes
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NewsGovernment to take powers away from urban development corporations
Fate of UK's three UDCs decided by government review which deems them inefficient
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NewsMiller Group's forward sales reach £108m
Edinburgh-based firm says house sales for 2010 are up on last year and construction arm has 'good margins'
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NewsRise in house prices decelerating, reports RICS
Latest survey also reveals highly regionalised pattern to the UK house price recovery
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NewsGalliford Try nears target of buying 5,000 housing plots
Firm's housebuilding expansion plan proceeds apace as sales reservations rise 15%
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NewsScott Brownrigg 'dumbed down' design for Berkeley's Kidbrooke
Cabe says second phase of 4,500-home Greenwich scheme lacks 'sophistication' of Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands masterplan
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NewsCouncils receive 4,000 council homes cash
Government funding of £123m for 73 local authorities will require the use of apprentices