All Housing articles – Page 315
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Morgan Sindall issues profit warning as market stays weak
Morgan Sindall has issued a profit warning for 2009 on the back of weak trading in the housing and fit-out markets.
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NewsGianni’s place: RIBA Lubetkin Prize winner
A tiny private house in Costa Rica, designed by London-based architect Gianni Botsford, has won the RIBA Lubetkin Prize for international architecture.
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Councils pressed to protect workers from OFT fallout
Thousands of former council workers now employed by contractors could lose their jobs, warns union
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Tory rejection casts further doubt over eco-town plans
Developers may lose appetite for new towns as local and political opposition mounts
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Public funding for land buying
Housing minister Caroline Flint is set to announce a major expansion of publicly funded land buying within weeks to ensure homes continue to be built in the downturn.
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EP boss wins two-horse race to chair new superagency
English Partnerships’ chair Robert Napier will be the first chair of the Homes and Communities Agency when it goes live on 1 December.
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Berkeley still strong despite property slump
Berkeley Group is continuing to lead the rest of the UK housebuilding industry, according to the latest housebuilding profitability figures from BDO Stoy Hayward, writes Tom Bill.
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NewsHousing Design Awards: Quality good, quantity bad
Source: Tim Crocker / Design For Homes Source: Tim Crocker / Design For Homes Source: Tim Crocker / Design For Homes
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£100m Croydon scheme stalls
A £100m scheme for 500 homes and a swimming pool in London has been put under review, according to Croydon council.
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Housing target must increase by 100,000 a year, says watchdog
Government advisers urge expansion in housebuilding despite price falls
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Mergers contribute to housing association expansion
Associations grow by half but efficiency claims hard to prove
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NewsBarratt makes 1,000 staff redundant
Troubled housebuilder tells staff it is shedding 15% of 6,500 workforce, closing two divisions and merging eight others
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NewsConstruction activity falls fastest for 11 years
Housebuilding reaches new low on purchasing managers' index as construction falls for fourth month in a row
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NewsPathfinders demolish more homes than they build
MPs' accounts committee says it is unclear what benefits government's housing regeneration initiative has brought
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NewsOlympic Village new-build down a quarter to 3m ft²
Changes to the residential units of the Olympic Village have cut build estimate by 1m ft²
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NewsGalliford Try shares leap as profits on target
Housing market downturn fails to dent profits as contractor says £60m-plus target will be met
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NewsTexas Pacific Group rumoured to bid for Taylor Wimpey
Media reports suggest private investment firm is ready to rescue housebuilder
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Housing slump hits product manufacturers
Heavy side products suffer sharpest slowdown in second quarter of 2008
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NewsCaroline Flint announces measures to combat housing downturn
Housing Corporation to offer developers larger upfront payments and buy unsold stock through national clearing house