Housing Focus – Page 9
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The HCA: 'It's time to deliver'
Does the appointment of new chief executive Andy Rose end a period of uncertainty for the HCA?
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Care homes: The new way to get old
According to a Dutch idea, older people need on-site restaurants, bars, village squares and beauty parlours. Is the UK is ready for a revolution in care home design?
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Has prime lost its shine?
London’s luxury residential market has been one of the few sectors to sparkle over the past five years. But slow growth in 2012 has led to fears that planned developments could lose their lustre
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Green for Growth: Zero-carbon homes
The industry needs some clarity on carbon reduction targets. ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ looks at three examples of low and zero-carbon housing
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David Montague: Playing the numbers game
The head of London Quadrant, the capital’s biggest affordable housing provider, on the changing role of housing associations
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Predictions for 2013
Is anything out there? We search out some bright spots on the construction horizon in 2013
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Local Enterprise Partnerships: Going local
Last week, the chancellor beefed up Local Enterprise Partnerships and tasked them with administering anything up to £50bn in government funding to promote growth in local economies. This gives construction companies a rare chance to influence policy and win work
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Housebuilders' pay: Quite a bonus
Housebuilders are bucking the trend and doing rather well - in fact, they’re even getting bonuses
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Housebuilders Salary Survey 2012: The results
Check your salary against the national average, compare bonuses with previous years and discover the market sentiment
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'I'll be back' - Why bosses return to run their companies
Why some bosses come back to save the companies they founded - with varying degrees of success
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Richard Blakeway: Boris' house master
GLA deputy mayor for housing Richard Blakeway on getting housebuilding moving in the capital
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Private rented sector: Heading for a fall
Is the private rented sector housing’s best hope?
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Now the party’s over…
Aside from rhetoric, what did we get from the party conferences? ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ looks at the prospects for action on key funding areas
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Ian Baker interview: "It was a big call"
In November 2009 Linden Homes decided to embark on a radical growth strategy. Three years later, its profit is up 140%. MD Ian Baker explains how the company pulled it off
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Trading places: Commercial to residential
Commercial developers are entering the market and giving their residential counterparts a run for their money
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Berkeley's Rob Perrins: Out of the shadows
In the three years since he replaced Tony Pidgley as Berkeley’s managing director, Rob Perrins has convinced the City that he is very much his own man
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Is localism dead and buried?
Last week’s housing and planning reforms suggest the government has given up on localism to build the homes we need
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Housing: What's the big idea?
Leading industry figures tell us how they would end the housing crisis
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The community infrastructure levy: A tax too far
As the first councils publish their tariffs, ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ investigates whether the CIL could threaten a housing recovery
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Aylesbury Estate: Taking back the streets
How phase 1 of a two decade redevelopment has brought back the traditional grain of the streets to London’s deprived Aylesbury Estate