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Tories pledge to 'green' existing homes

2009-10-06T12:00:00Z

Grant Shapps says employers will help improve energy efficiency of their staff's homes under Carbon Cooperation Plan

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Developer at Cityscape seeks partners for Iraq schemes

2009-10-05T14:02:00Z

Atconz Real Estate is already building 1,565-home development in ‘new emerging market’

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Taylor Wimpey may sell North American housing arm

2009-10-02T08:43:00Z

Housebuilder, who is sounding out private equity firms, could use proceeds from sale of Taylor Morrison to cut £1bn debt pile

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Put money in their purses

2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

Allowing councils to pocket the taxes from the sale of new homes would ensure they are much more supportive of development

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Net lending positive

2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

Net lending turned positive for the first eight months of 2009, totalling £5.5bn

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Major lenders return to social housing sector

2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

Dexia and Lloyds are among banks seeking competitive deals as lending periods treble

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England 'short of million homes'

2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

Report co-authored by ex-Barratt boss reveals how a financial crisis is becoming a housing crisis

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Enfield refurbished

2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

The London mayor and the Homes and Communities Agency have agreed £54.4m funding to refurbish more than 400 homes in Enfield

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Lib Dems for housing

2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

The Liberal Democrats have pledged to increase investment in new social housing and bring every social home up to the Decent Homes standard within two years if they come into power.

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South-west delay

2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

The government will delay the South-west spatial strategy for the second time, after the High Court ruled that it did not carry out an adequate strategic environmental assessment in May.

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More decent homes

2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

Inspace, Willmott Dixon’s social housing arm, has been awarded a £1.8m contract by Berneslai Homes to bring 202 homes up to the Decent Homes standard in South Yorkshire.

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West Midlands eco-town fails sustainability checks

2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

The planning inspectorate has rejected proposals to build the Middle Quinton eco-town in Stratford-upon-Avon

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Bermondsey grows up

2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

The £18m Eyot Heights development is part of the second phase of Levitt Bernstein’s masterplan for Bermondsey in south London

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Housebuilder anger grows over tax crackdown

2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

Builders’ groups attack plan to bring all workers under PAYE, despite support elsewhere

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Persimmon is hiring again

2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

Housebuilder Persimmon has hired 50 people to work on sites across the country in the past two months and is on the lookout for at least 20 more employees

Features

Stanbrook Abbey: Life and soul

2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

Nuns may not be the most demanding of clients, but apparently they do expect a building to be ‘transcendental’. Dan Stewart took a pilgrimage to Feilden Clegg Bradley’s Stanbrook Abbey in the Yorkshire moors to find out what that means

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MJ Gleeson posts £54m loss

2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

Urban housing and regeneration specialist MJ Gleeson has made a pre-tax loss of £54.3m after land writedowns of £44.6m

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Strata Homes renews borrowing deal as it falls £7.4m in red

2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

Northern housebuilder Strata Homes has fallen £7.4m into the red after land writedowns of £2.6m

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Flat performance at PRP as it reports turnover of £38m

2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

Residential and mixed-use architect PRP posted turnover of £37.6m in the 18 months to 31 March 2009

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6,000 Bolton homes

2009-10-02T00:00:00Z

The Homes and Communities Agency announced plans to build 6,000 new homes in Bolton through the Transforming Estates initiative