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Mortgage lending rises £1.8bn
The Council of Mortgage Lenders said the amount of money borrowed by home buyers rose £1.8bn between May and June, but was only half what it was a year ago
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Birmingham council to rationalise
Birmingham council is to borrow £51m to upgrade and rationalise its offices
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HCA to fund energy links
The Homes and Communities Agency will put £12m into connecting housing schemes to low carbon energy plants
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Housing taskforce established
A think tank has set up a taskforce to work on strategies to break the boom and bust cycles in the housing market
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NewsWho will deliver the eco-towns?
The government is breathing life into eco-towns, but the past 18 months have been profoundly discouraging for the private sector
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Features
Market forecast: A history lesson
Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon presents the latest news of the blues, and an illuminating comparison between this recession and the previous three
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FeaturesParty Tricks: Ash Sakula's Luton Carnival Arts Centre
Ash Sakula’s Carnival Arts Centre is Luton’s answer to Notting Hill – buzzing with life and invention and a haven for stiltwalkers and other forms of streetlife
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CommentThe government's greenprint
The government has spent far too long cooking up ever more ambitious carbon targets without doing anything much to meet them
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160,000 refurbs delayed to pay for new-build pledge
Prime minister’s £1.5bn new homes fund sucks money from refurbishment and infrastructure schemes
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NewsThe Belgian Reformation
Manchester architect Re|form has been shortlisted to redesign part of a Belgian town
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CommentDamage limitation: Latent defects insurance
Latent defects insurance is a useful back-up for collateral warranties – it can ensure problems get fixed even if the contractor has gone bust
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NewsSkanska reveals £14.6m profit
Swedish firm back in black, after previous loss of £41.5m and departure of chief executive David Fison
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NewsMortgages up 15% in June
Rise means mortgage lending is 47% higher than last year during depths of credit crunch
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NewsTop five reader comments: 23 July
Innovative thoughts on stimulating the economy with infrastructure schemes, 'lovefest' allegations over the Stirling prize; and outrage over teenage pay rates
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NewsRogers shortlisted twice for Stirling prize 2009
AHMM, BDP, Eric Parry and Tony Fretton also in the running for architecture’s most prestigious award
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NewsBlacklist lobby group seeks action against major firms
Blacklist Support Group is inaugurated to form ‘coherent voice’ for blacklisted workers
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News£100m government budget deficit puts arts projects at risk
British Museum extension, new South Bank film centre and Stonehenge visitors centre among schemes in jeopardy
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NewsPart-built Foster hotel on Strand goes into receivership
PricewaterhouseCoopers appointed receiver on controversial £25m, 11-storey development in central London
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NewsFretton is bookies’ favourite for Stirling win
Architect’s Fuglsang Kunstmuseum in Denmark given 3/1 odds by William Hill
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NewsReporting corruption may excuse firms from criminal prosecution
Serious Fraud Office releases guidelines to encourage companies working abroad to report bribery within their organisation in exchange for civil settlement