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Why falling mortgages approval are spooking housing market watchers
The latest figures from the Bank of England showing the number of mortgage approvals at a nine month low have caused a bit of a stir and increased talk of a double dip in the housing market.Here’s a few reasons why.There is a historic link between the number of mortgage ...
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NewsDeveloper behind Birmingham's Cube goes into administration
Birmingham Development Company and contractor BuildAbility 'bitterly disappointed' as £100m mixed-use tower stalls
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NewsBuildings to black out for Earth Hour
The Galleries in Dubai will be one of many domestic and commercial buildings to turn lights off this weekend
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NewsStirling winner to ‘reinvent the terrace’ for 2012 legacy
Maccreanor Lavington to draw on traditional London housing in revised masterplan for Olympic park
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NewsSprouting: A.2R.C Architects' Brussels meeting centre
The Square Brussels Meeting Centre, an extension to the Palais des Congres, won the Special Award of the Jury at the 2010 Mipim Awards
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NewsCourt orders rethink on Heathrow third runway
Transport minister rejects possibility of total rethink as government told to increase focus on environment
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NewsLaing O’Rourke overhauls board as finance chief quits
Commercial head Anna Stewart expands her power base as firm plots move into Brazil and Canada
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NewsTories to pass social housing funds directly to mayors
Areas with elected leaders would bypass HCA in major shake-up, which could extend to all councils
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NewsNew standards could add £10k to new homes
Home Builders' Federation hits out at HCA's proposed rules on quality and space
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NewsWates boss demands clarity on spending cuts
Paul Drechsler, chairman and chief executive of Wates, has called for rapid clarity on the extent of public spending cuts after the general election
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NewsLancsville sell-off begins, but creditors face long wait
Cash has started flowing in from collapsed contractor Lancsville, after an auction was completed this month that saw nearly 500 items of plant sold
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NewsBalfour Beatty lined up for 10-year Lincolnshire contract
Deal will include work on road and construction of 3,500 new homes
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NewsCrossrail signs up to project bank accounts
Crossrail will use project bank accounts on all its major contracts in a bid to keep payment times down
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Hamiltons loses £120m Land Secs job
A former director of architect Hamiltons has taken the design job for Land Securities £120m Park House scheme from the firm
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NewsMorgan Est water contract extended five years
Welsh Water work will include designing and building works for clean and waste water programmes
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NewsMorrison and Aecom bag £150m water contract
Two framework streams comprise treatment works and installation projects
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VT takeover spares Mouchel
City analysts have said consultant Mouchel can breathe a temporary sigh of relief following Babcock’s £1.33bn takeover of VT Group this week
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Good news on the planning front – rejections fall and applications for new homes rise
The data published today on planning applications on the face of it should provide house builders and their suppliers with some comfort.The figures show that in the final quarter of last year the number of planning decisions for major residential developments – those with 10 or more homes – rose ...
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NewsA game of trust
Matt Bromley of Davis Langdon was in Turkey when he spotted this daredevil plasterer
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NewsLast frontier: Paul Morrell's carbon cutting roadmap
Carbon cutting. We know where we have to be, and when we have to arrive, but nobody is sure how we get there. Paul Morrell has the job of prospecting a route