All Housing articles – Page 335
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Borrowing set to fall further, say mortgage lenders
Slight monthly rise in March bucks overall downward trend of mortgage lending
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Profits warning knocks Taylor Wimpey shares
Shares lose 5% of value after housebuilder warns deepening market crisis will hit profits
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Leeds housebuilder goes into administration
Credit crunch and lack of consumer confidence is blamed by administrator KPMG
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Nothing up our sleeves …
The fallout from Northern Rock has led to fear and mistrust in the housing market. So Barratt has decided to establish a more transparent relationship between itself and lenders, says Mark Clare
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How do you solve a problem like sustainability
Sustainability is the subject of the first survey of the Regenerate Leaders, our think-tank of regeneration’s top executives. What emerges is that the industry is eager to act, but desperate for a clearer lead from government on the most joined-up, sensible and effective way to do so.
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What’s working - Family housing
Family living has come back on the agenda as the market turns its back on apartments. So architects and developers have to crack the problem of making the family house comply with urban density standards and be attractive enough for a family to want to live there. Josephine Smit ...
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A way through the downturn
Private housebuilders, reeling from the credit crunch, are looking for ways to get them through the worst of the crisis. And as Mark Leftly explains, they are turning to a rather unlikely source of support: the affordable housing market
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Callcutt: Government is ignoring my report
The man charged with reviewing the economics and delivery of housing supply has heard nothing from ministers since publishing his findings
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Blinded by eco-bling
Rather than get too excited by whizzy green technology for new homes, we should focus our efforts on the 21 million houses built before 1980. But will homeowners be ready to make the effort?
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Code for Sustainable Homes: Sometimes things aren't as green as they seem
Here’s a riddle: how do you build homes that emit more carbon dioxide than your rivals’ yet still achieve a higher Code for Sustainable Homes rating? Simple, says Chloe Stothart: go electric
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HBF revises code of conduct to help lenders
New measures to ensure greater transparency for mortgage lenders on new build houses
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Industry hits back after Eddie Shah calls builders lazy
Berkeley boss rebuts criticism of UK construction workers by media magnate turned housebuilder
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Mears announces £57m of social housing repair contracts
Maintenance and repair provider announces three major contract wins with housing associations across England
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Worst housing slump for 30 years, says RICS
Housing market survey for March shows confidence among surveyors at its lowest for three decades
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Ian Ritchie to be replaced on controversial Potters Fields site
Berkeley Homes has agreed to appoint a new architect on site near Tower Bridge after pressure from part-landowner Southwark Council
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Taylor Wimpey's UK chief executive quits
Ian Sutcliffe leaves housebuilder to become UK managing director of office developer Segro
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HBOS backs £80m Catesby plan for brownfield housing
Bank gives financial backing to venture investing in housing-led schemes for South-eastern brownfield sites
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Barratt puts Wilson Bowden Developments up for sale
Housebuilder expects to make £195m from the sale of the business it bought last April
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Open sesame
Increasing density in our towns and cities is a more sustainable option than building new towns full of eco homes. But unlocking the funds that make this approach possible is not easy, says Jon Rouse
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Gleeds wins contract on Foster + Partners' resort
Consultant will cost manage the £100m scheme at Corniche Bay in Mauritius