All Housing articles – Page 304
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Housing's one stop shops
Meet one of the 12 "trailblazer" housing departments who provide job, health and education advice to their homeless clients
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Repossessions set to rise in the countryside, says report
Credit crunch study finds small businesses working at home to save cash
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Banking crisis triggers sharp falls in housebuilders' shares
Early trading leads to double-digit falls as uncertainty continues to disrupt banking markets
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New homes built to fall below 100,000
RICS predicts government housebuilding targets will be massively undershot
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Housebuilders' hopes rest with big hitter Beckett
Margaret Beckett must draw on experience to help housebuilders weather the financial storm
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Margaret Beckett appointed housing minister
Former deputy leader of the Labour Party replaces Caroline Flint who moves to the Foreign Office
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Taylor Wimpey banks deal delayed
Talks to secure robust financing structure for housebuilder likely to go on into next year
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Raiding the RDAs
Gordon Brown’s way of paying for last month’s £1bn housing package is to raid the coffers of the regional development agencies. But many people think this will undo 10 years of regeneration – and won’t even touch the housing problem.
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Tories pledge housing study
The Tory party is to undertake in-depth research next year into how to encourage more affordable housing, the shadow housing minister has said.
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Government may ditch its own green standard for eco-towns
The government is considering abandoning the use of the Code for Sustainable Homes for its flagship eco-towns programme.
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Taylor Wimpey rescue deal set to survive market unrest
Sources say plans to save housebuilder will continue despite financial problems among its lenders
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Councils may risk planning free-for-all
The Conservative party says it would leave councils to make all their own planning decisions, even if that meant risking a development free-for-all in some areas, writes Joey Gardiner.
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A code to live by
Last week the OFT told the housing industry it needed a new customer code of conduct. We’re on to it, says the head of a cross-industry group
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Tories rule out forcing councils to build homes
Top-down approach rejected in favour of incentives for councils to increase housebuilding
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Prices of urban development land plummet across country
The value of urban development land outside of London has fallen by a third in the past year, according to research by property consultant Knight Frank.
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House prices fall for 11 straight months
Nationwide reports 12% annual fall overall but points to signs that decline may be slowing
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Councillors should decide housing numbers
Regional assemblies want local authority-led bodies to control spatial strategies
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Park regeneration: green and pleasant land
How a park in a deprived area of south-east London went from no-go zone to award-winning oasis
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How English Partnerships could bail out regeneration schemes
Our columnist considers how the government's regeneration agency could help developers to sell homes and buy land