All Housing articles – Page 324
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MPs accuse industry of ‘feeble excuses’ on zero carbon
MPs have accused the housebuilding industry of making “feeble excuses” to avoid making new homes zero carbon by 2016 and “dragging its feet on renewables”.
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Egan: housebuilders have done ‘absolutely nothing’ to improve
Sir John Egan has attacked housebuilders for not implementing the recommendations in his Rethinking Construction report.
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Kier confident that profit will meet £92m forecast
Kier has said pre-tax profit for the year ended 30 June 2008 will be in line with expectations, provided there is no further deterioration in its housing business.
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NewsHousing stats: New-build sales and completions in April 2008
The private sector plummets in April, but social housing completions climb by more than 50%
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NewsPain worsens for housebuilders as 1,000 jobs go in a week
Bellway axes 370 staff, Taylor Wimpey slashes 600, Land buyers and designers worst hit
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Egan slams housebuilders for 'not trying'
Author of Rethinking Construction says that housebuilders did not try to improve their businesses during the 'nice decade'
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NewsHouse prices to fall 7% this year
Council of Mortgage Lenders revises forecasts from 1% growth to sharp downturn
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Housing estate too dangerous for cats, says charity
RSPCA vetos cat adoption after airgun attacks on estate pets
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NewsTaylor Wimpey to close 13 offices
Contractor feels the effects of housing downturn as it prepares to shed 600 jobs
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NewsRICS warns of 40% fall in house sales
Transaction volumes to slump as house prices drop 7% over this year and the next, but 90s property crash will not recur
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First Direct puts mortgages back on the market
Bank that sparked market alarm by closing doors on borrowers is ready to lend to new home loan customers again
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NewsUAE unveils ambitious masterplan for Abu Dhabi - images
Plans for emirate will see population triple to 3m over next 22 years
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NewsAnti-Hips Tory funded by property firms
Shadow housing minister Grant Shapps admits taking donations from estate agent and four other firms connected with property industry
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Chairman resigns at Leadbitter's Dutch parent
Guus Hoefsloot steps down after housing slump and rising costs hits Heijmans' profit
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NewsKier housing reservations fall 35%
Construction division performed strongly but group says housing market will determine whether profit expectations are met
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Housing starts fall by a quarter
Government reveals sharp decline in housing starts over last three months compared to last year
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News‘Near’ zero-carbon house planned
Housebuilder Stewart Milne and Oxford Brookes University will carry out a full post-occupancy evaluation of its prototype house
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NewsPlanning review: Teaching tortoise to gallop
The latest planning review aims to ‘weed out bureaucratic hurdles’. Jon Neale asked senior figures at every stage of the planning process to tell us exactly what is going wrong
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NewsGeorge Grace: Why we should look to the US to fund our infrastructure
Our next American import should be a tax system that pays for regeneration
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More homes for East of England
The East of England plan approved by government this week will increase the number of homes in the region to 508,000 by 2021.