All Housing articles – Page 315
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NewsMakin wins approval for Manchester's first zero-carbon flats
Moylan Homes' sustainable city-centre housing development will be green in more ways than one
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NewsStewart Milne Group to lay off 20% of staff
Housebuilder responds to Scottish economic downturn by axing a fifth of workers
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NewsGovernment announces 20 new housing growth points
Nearly 75,000 more homes from Newcastle to Cornwall
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New affordable housing model could become law
Community Land Trusts to be included in proposed amendment to Housing and Regeneration Bill
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Government announces sites for 'extra care' homes for elderly
Department of Health will spend £80m on more than 2,000 homes across the country
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NewsYoung people opt for sheds as affordable homes
Potential first-time buyers are shunning the property market to build wooden chalets in parents' back gardens
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NewsMears wins £170m of social housing contracts
Social housing sector in London, Berkshire and Midlands proves fruitful for Mears group
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NewsHouse prices tumble 1.8%
July average house prices fall £4345 as desperate sellers cut prices to search of deals
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NewsHousebuilding's evolutionary moment: survival of the fittest
The big beasts of housing may face extinction in a downturn but there are all kinds of small creatures waiting to take their place
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Government pushes for more homes in South-east
Draft regional spatial strategy plans over 33,000 new homes each year, against local objections
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Birmingham cowboy fined for botched loft conversion
Gerald Collins convicted of convening Building Regs after causing structural damage to client's home
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FeaturesThe Riverhouse project: Nautical but nice
A tidal wave of protest greeted this modern development sitting alongside traditional houses on the Dartmouth estuary. But the Riverhouse delights in its views, sense of space and daylight. Quite enough to shut the neighbours up, says Martin Spring
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NewsThe rake’s progress: housebuilders
Housebuilders don’t like to get tied down. As soon as a scheme’s built and sold, they move on. So why are they suddenly forming longer-term attachments? Ben Cook finds out what it’s all about
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St Modwen hit by land slump
Regeneration specialist St Modwen plunged into the red during the first half of this year and announced on Monday it was halting attempts to sell residential land until the market had “stabilised.”
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NewsDown by the river: Frasers Property’s Riverside Quarter scheme
Wandsworth council has given permission for the final phase of Frasers Property’s Riverside Quarter scheme on the south bank of the Thames in south-west London
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Social housing proved welcome refuge from the crunch in June
Business barometer - Laing O’Rourke takes top spot, followed by two affordable housing firms
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What it costs: Thermal insulation
Insulation is an effective way to help meet Building Regulations targets on carbon emission reduction. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans examines the effectiveness of different materials
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Builders react to slump by taking down half-built homes
Berkshire councillor alleges that move has been made to avoid triggering planning payments
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Housing association falls foul of credit crunch
The first significant housing association to feel the impact of the credit crunch emerged this week as the social housing regulator put London specialist association Presentation under official “supervision”, writes Joey Gardiner.
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NewsFinal approval for Manchester’s Holt Town regeneration
Developers have signed a section 106 agreement with Manchester council allowing the final approval of the 4,300-home Holt Town regeneration scheme east of the city centre.