All Housing articles – Page 354
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NewsPersimmon completes Ironstone
Image: Ironstone provides 114 new homes for Telford regeneration scheme
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NewsWolseley warns of continued US housing market downturn
The building giant's trading statement reveals pre-tax profits for American operations have fallen further
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Population pressure: can Britain learn to live with Hong Kong-style housing?
Developments are being built that cram 2,500 homes into a hectare, and more are on the way. A team of architects has reported on how we can manage the social strains that arise in such ‘superdense’ schemes
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NewsThe plight of the ‘new poor’
Here are 10 measures that we must implement if young people are to have any hope of buying homes
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Housing shares slump as interest rate rises take their toll
Share prices across the housing sector fell sharply this week as housebuilders sounded the first serious notes of caution over interest rate hikes.
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Mears denies ‘massaging’ figures as inquiry opens
Housing Corporation examines claims that repair firm provided false tenant satisfaction figures
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English Partnerships to insist on bigger homes
English Partnerships (EP) is to require that houses built on its sites offer greater space.
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NewsDensity backlash
Anti-superdensity feeling increased last week after Islington council in north London vetoed plans for a 39-storey residential block on the outskirts of the City.
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NewsBrown seeks alternative to PGS
Prime minister puts housing at the top of the agenda and unveils plans to build 3 million homes by 2020
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NewsTender prices continue steady rise
BCIS finds price rise could outstrip general inflation over two years
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NewsHouse price rises slow for first time since 2006
RICS report finds fall in buyer demand due to interest rate rise
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Brown lays foundations for housing Nirvana
Gordon Brown wants to build 40,000 more homes a year and today he revealed how he intends to hit the target
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NewsBrown pledges three million new homes by 2020
Brown announces a new housing agency to help deliver 40,000 more homes a year by 2016
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NewsBarratt warns of 'tightening' housing market
Housebuilder takes prudent line as it predicts that interest rates rises will cause housing market to tighten
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NewsLondon house prices flat in June
Interest rate rises start to bite as house prices in London rise only 0/.7% in June
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New-build sales and completions in May
Private completions are up and housing association completions down, with the South-east the leading region
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Zero-carbon champion named
Imtiaz Farookhi, chief executive of the National House Building Council (NHBC), has been appointed to champion the rights of purchasers on the industry’s zero-carbon housing taskforce.
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NewsPretty: give tax relief to first-time buyers
David Pretty, Barratt’s former chief executive, has urged the government to give tax breaks to first-time home buyers.
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NewsKelly vetoes Bovis scheme
Secretary of state rejects 2,200-home Filton project that ‘would not ensure high-quality design’
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Leeds tops housing league with more than 3,000 homes
More homes are being built in Leeds than in any other town or city in England, according to figures from the GMB union.