All Housing articles – Page 158
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Weston Homes secure backing for 3000-plus homes
Housebuilder Weston Homes has secured bank finance to build £1bn of new homes across London and the South-east
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Just because the market's heating up, there's no reason new homes should too
In his latest installment of his diary of a new house purchase, David Frise finds it hard to keep his cool
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Homeowners cancel repair jobs due to lack of trusted builders
Survey finds over 20% of homeowners are shelving or delaying plans for work on their homes because they cannot find trustworthy builders
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Housing continues to drive construction recovery
Growth revised up to 0.6% in first quarter, with year-on-year growth of 5.4% driven by 23% increase in housing
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Desperate homebuyers need hungry housebuilders
Superprofits at housebuilding firms point to the idea we need a more managed market
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in March 2014
Both completions and registrations are up year on year across private and public sectors
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Barratt on course for 'strong' results
Housebuilder’s sales up 46.5% in the financial year to date
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What has happened to landscaping in housing developments?
Busy housebuilders are ignoring the detailed specification of landscaping that is so important in making a scheme a success
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We need a Garden City vision fit for the 21st century
Planners should look to the ideas behind Apple and Glastonbury rather than attempting to re-invent Letchworth
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Garden cities: Back to the future
Garden cities offered a utopian vision of town planning at the dawn of the last century. But could they be the answer to the current housing crisis? The coalition seems to think so
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Redrow snaps up sites for 1,300 homes
Housebuilder has bought 11 new sites since the start of the year
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Rising costs threatening recovery
FMB state of trade survey warns recovery in the SME construction sector is under threat from rising building costs and material shortages
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Planning ‘easiest since eighties’, says Cala boss
Government reform has produced easiest environment to get residential approvals since eighties, claims house builder
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Interview: Alan Brown
With two investors behind it and the recent purchase of upmarket housebuilder Banner, Cala Group has come a long way from its precarious refinancing in 2009. Alan Brown talks about delivering volume at the top end of the market, and plans to treble turnover to £800m a year
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Breaking boundaries
Greater collaboration from local authorities could unlock big opportunities for construction and boost the economy as a whole, but before we think outside the box, we first need to re-construct it
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Help to Buy: Keep up the support
Retaining the Help to Buy scheme through to 2020 would provide the confidence the industry needs to invest and increase housing supply, and enable thousands of people to buy their first home
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Taylor Wimpey reports strong start to year
Housebuilder says “positive momentum” in UK housing market continues
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Persimmon secured sales revenue up 35%
Housebuilder says extended Help to Buy scheme will support greater levels of building
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Countryside says expansion plan is on track
Housebuilder returns to profit and posts 6% rise in revenue