All Housing articles – Page 301
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Eco warriors
A legal challenge against a proposed eco town has got the go ahead and now others are joining the queue
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NewsWhy we need a 'green homes' standard
Our columnist explains the rationale for an eco friendly version of the decent homes standard
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NewsHBOS confirms merger talks with Lloyds TSB
UK lending giant confirms rescue rumours in statement to stock exchange following volatile share trading
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NewsSocial housing regulation: One regulator to rule them all
Our columnist gives his verdict on the Cole report into one regulation system for the whole social housing sector
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NewsHouse prices will be depressed for a decade, says economist
Market will hit the bottom by 2010 but will take time to recover
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NewsHousing associations give tenants wrong skills for work
Think tank expert says employers want better communication skills from staff
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News800 homeless people to be employed by housing charities
£200m scheme to help homelessness organisations train and hire their clients
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NewsHouse prices recover 1% during July, says DCLG
Government figures show annual fall of just 0.3%, against recent lender reports of 10% decline
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NewsLib Dems approve plans to tackle mortgage and housing crisis
Shadow chancellor calls for the introduction of regulated Mortgage Rescue Schemes
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NewsBerkeley in line with expectations despite sales slump
Strong cash position enables housebuilder to profit from land purchase opportunities
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Inventive vendors offer Grand Designs home as raffle prize
Owners to sell £845k house by raffle after housing market turmoil dries up usual channel of buyers
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Isle of Wight gives go-ahead for 1,000 eco-homes
Miller Homes receives council approval for code level four homes development at Newport
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NewsDenise Scott Brown on why we love suburbia - even if architects don't
Ahead of her speech at the Venice Biennale on Saturday, architect Denise Scott Brown talks to Building’s Regenerate channel. The doyenne of American architecture tells us about design snobbery, why a dilapidated East End housing estate should be preserved and her encounter with the singer who lampooned suburbia as “little ...
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NewsVinci to keep Taywood in one piece
French giant to keep contractor in one piece after deal that doubles its UK operations
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NewsOFT to demand housebuilders sign code of conduct
Adoption of cross industry code, planned for early 2010, will mean industry gets clean bill of health
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NewsHome truths: Waste management
Colin Mitchell asks what needs to change to ensure that more than just lip service is paid to the regulations for site waste management plans
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NewsHouse doctor: Fire protection
Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg outlines the pros and cons of installing and operating sprinkler systems in domestic applications
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BPF issues planning manifesto
Councillors who deal with planning applications should be forced to undergo training in land economics, the property industry will say in proposals to be outlined next week.
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Redrow denies bank deal will hand power to its lenders
Housebuilder’s debt facility of £450m until 2011 will tie lending more closely to cash flow
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Planning applications: August 2008
The number of residential planning applications was down by 35% on July