All articles by Josephine Smit – Page 4
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RDAs voted worst regeneration vehicle
Regional development agencies have been voted the least successful of all bodies at delivering regeneration projects, a survey of leading industry figures has revealed
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What the party
The announcement is a formality. The undeclared election campaigning has been going on for months. It reached an early climax when prime minister Tony Blair praised John Prescott’s achievements at the Delivering Sustainable Communities summit in Manchester.
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What are we here for?
The academy for sustainable communities was prophesied by lord rogers, invoked by sir john egan, and fathered by john prescott. Now it’s finally arrived. Josephine Smit met Chris Murray, its first chief executive, and grilled him on what it will actually do.
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HBF snubs Prescott’s plan for high-density living
Housebuilders’ body advises members to build ‘executive’ homes in North to prevent oversupply of apartments
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FeaturesAnd here’s the snag ...
New inspection services are making good use of the snags housebuilders leave behind – and the result of this year’s Zurich customer satisfaction survey show there’s plenty of business to exploit.
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CommentGetting up to speed
When we started putting together our preview of 2005, we didn’t pre-judge the issues.
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FeaturesThe way ahead
2005 is crunch time for housebuilders. The market seems set for a long slowdown and the government is bent on pushing through regulatory and legislative reforms that will change housebuilding for good. We offer a guide through the labyrinth
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FeaturesOne thing they’re not shoulder to shoulder on …
Bush and Blair stand united over Iraq, but on one particularly sensitive domestic issue they are worlds apart. We investigate the impact of Republican and Labour policies on housebuilding either side of the pond
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The line is drawn
… but who will cross it? As outraged housebuilders clash with the ODPM over giving planners the power to dictate mix, we commentates on the tug of war
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Shining examples
More, better, faster, cheaper: what the government is demanding from the housebuilding industry, especially homes with a pricetag of £60,000, looks beyond the realms of the possible. Yet, just look at the winners of this year's Building Homes Quality Awards, organised by Building in association with the Housing Forum. In ...
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NewsPCKO comes out on top in townhouse design contest
Architect’s versatile solution wins David Wilson Homes’ eScape competition – and will soon be built in Kent
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FeaturesRichard McCarthy
The sheer get-up-and-go of the head of the ODPM’s sustainable communities group is proving increasingly valuable – particularly in easing the ‘creative tension’ between government and housebuilders. We got him to sit still for a minute.
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Precious heat
Up until now, housebuilders have responded to demands that they improve the energy efficiency of new homes by simply adding insulation. Next year, they are going to have to do much more …
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CommentStand and deliver
Up until two weeks ago, we thought that 150,000 additional households were being formed every year.
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NewsLeave our dream alone
This is Roger Hume. Five years ago, he and hundreds like him bought a house in a brand new Cambridgeshire village. Then the developers decided to increase density in line with planning policy and the residents hit the roof. Have the government and middle England parted company?
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Light and flexible
Three architects have made the shortlist in David Wilson Homes’ competition to update the Regency townhouse. So what did they have that the others didn’t?
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Ex-Wilcon boss returns to housebuilding with Peabody Trust
Former Wilson Connolly director John Weir this week returned to the housebuilding industry as a consultant to housing association Peabody Trust.Weir has a six-month contract to help the trust compete with the private sector and establish itself as a provider of homes for sale. The former Wilson Connolly director won ...
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