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FeaturesAutumn Statement preview: Five construction priorities
With debt still soaring, George Osborne is unlikely to be announcing much in the way of new spending. Here we look at the chancellor鈥檚 top five construction priorities
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FeaturesUphill all the way: Pre-commencement conditions
Housebuilders are up in arms about councils鈥� use of pre-commencement conditions, which they say are holding back schemes that have been granted planning permission
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FeaturesForeign investment in housing
With London house prices rising 10% this month and alarm that more people than ever are being priced out of home ownership, pressure is growing to clamp down on foreign investors
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FeaturesModern methods of construction: Material change?
Will the surge in demand lead to a permanent shift towards modern methods of construction?
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FeaturesInterview: Jeff Adams, United House
The United House boss on how the firm morphed from a social housing contractor into a developer with a 拢600m pipeline
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FeaturesHousing a nation
Nobody has yet come up with a convincing way to solve the housing crisis, and now the problem has got so big we need a plan on a national scale to tackle it
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FeaturesShould the government get rid of the Code for sustainable homes?
In his blog, Good riddance to the Code for sustainable homes, Neil May, managing director of Natural 精东影视 Technologies, wrote: The world-leading, growth-fuelling, planet-saving, highly innovative sustainability programme for new build, launched by the last government as the Code for Sustainable Homes, was a disaster. Click here to read ...
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FeaturesThe Iceberg, Denmark: Jagged edge
The Iceberg - a residential scheme that owes its dramatic profile to the unceasing Scandinavian quest for light
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FeaturesA clash of housing policies?
Just when it looked as if an institutionally funded private rented sector was about to take off, a resurgent market in new homes may be about to snuff it out again
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FeaturesLiving in a box: housing standards
The typical UK new-build home is about as roomy as a rabbit hutch, according to the RIBA. But housebuilders argue minimum space standards would put the brakes on construction. Now the government is re-examining the case
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FeaturesHousing Design Awards 2013
This year鈥檚 Housing Design Awards once again show developers beating off the gloom of the recession and offering high-quality, varied designs for residents to chillax in
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FeaturesSpending Round: Who's for cake?
What will George Osborne portion out to construction in his Spending Round?
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FeaturesInterview with Marc Vlessing, Pocket
How developer Pocket plans to make London living affordable
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FeaturesInterview: Gary Day, McCarthy & Stone
McCarthy Stone works in the retirement home market but its land planning director is anything but retiring
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FeaturesInterview: Killian Hurley, Mount Anvil
Mount Anvil鈥檚 chairman reveals how the housebuilder beat the recession
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FeaturesAndy Rose: A very public private man
Andy Rose has built his reputation by raising private finance for public projects. But is that going to help him deliver 170,000 affordable homes in the next three years?
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FeaturesCommunity housing in Toxteth
It鈥檚 just 32 homes on a small plot in Toxteth, but Habitat for Humanity鈥檚 housing project is creating a community of volunteers, trainees and entrepreneurs and bringing hope to an area feeling the brunt of the housing crisis
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FeaturesPlanning reforms: On the move
The NPPF has opened up councils to more residential developments and, with an increasingly robust housebuilding industry preparing for growth, is the sector beginning to rally?
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FeaturesCalmer waters: Dave Sheridan of Keepmoat
Keepmoat has had a choppy 12 months since its merger with Apollo. But new boss Dave Sheridan is confident that the wind is changing