All Housing articles – Page 277
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Density is up
In 2008, nearly 80% of dwellings in England were built on previously developed land, with new dwellings built at an average density of 46 dwellings per hectare compared with 44 in 2007.
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Composite decking
Rehau has launched Relazzo, a decking system that combines the natural look and feel of wood with the durability and weather resistance of modern polymers
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Dytor launches company to take on recession-hit schemes
Regeneration entrepreneur Ken Dytor is starting a company to rework developments held up by the recession
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Door closers
Door and window control system manufacturer, Geze UK, has launched the TS 2000 NV door closer with a closing force adjuster
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McCarthy buys site
Retirement housebuilder McCarthy & Stone has bought a development site in Whitby for 22 houses
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Small builders unfair
A third of the 171 cases brought under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations have involved small domestic builders, according to the Office of Fair Trading.
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Local Housing Companies stall amid public debt fears
All 14 trial joint ventures delayed, owing to market conditions and row over council balance sheets
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Forget all you think you know
The first signs of increased demand may now be appearing. But any recovery isn’t going to be a return to how things were before. Yolande Barnes predicts a brave new world for housebuilding
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Electrical accessories
MK Electric, a maker of wiring devices and electrical accessories, has introduced a new range of multi-media devices designed to provide a complete solution for all residential television, radio and audio needs
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Features
Neighbours: Lovell and Tarmac on reaching code level four or above
The house on the left aims to meet code level four, but next door they’ve got even loftier pretensions. Stephen Kennett reports on goings-on at a site in Nottingham
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NEM awarded £3.6m
New East Manchester has been awarded £3.6m by North West Development Agency to pay for the preparation of the 3.3ha Crossley Works site in Openshaw for future redevelopment.
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House prices rose 2.6% in May
Mortgage approvals up 19% from last quarter 2008, indicating 'possible stabilsation'
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Allies and Morrison unveil seaside scheme
Architect designs apartment scheme in Felixstowe overlooking the sea
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House prices level off at last
Hometrack data shows first month of price stability after 20 months of falling values
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London faces new-build housing shortage
There is no oversupply of new-built apartments in the capital according to Savills
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House prices rose 1.2% in May
Annual rate of decline eased from 15% in April to 11.3% in May according to Nationwide
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Persimmon appoints Fairburn as executive director
Housebuilder appoints northern chief executive to the board
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Mortgage snub
Banks will turn away £1bn of mortgage applications for shared ownership homes as they regard them as sub-prime
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House starts rise
The communities department says house starts for the first quarter of the year rose 13% on the previous quarter
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That past is gone
The collapse of Ronan Point 40 years ago silenced all talk of cities in the sky. But that happened in a different world, and the one we’re in now needs the tower block