Housing – Page 306
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Urban Splash to deliver £70m Scottish regeneration scheme
Major development to lead transformation of Irvine coastal town announced at Mipim
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House prices head for recession level
February prices close to 1990 low and unsold properties piling up, according to RICS
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Renewable energy lessons from Austria
ESD and Crest Nicholson team up for Austrian energy to learn about renewable energy and passivhaus design
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Hips for new homes must rate sustainability
Rating against the Code for Sustainable Homes to become compulsory in information packs for new-build properties
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Housing must provide play space for London youngsters
Guidelines set by the Mayor of London mean new residential developments in the capital must include outdoor areas for children
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English eco towns set to fail, declares Scotland’s minister
Stewart Maxwell says unlike England, developers in Scotland will be unable to resubmit failed bids
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Bid to tackle regeneration skills shortage
Consultation launched on strategy to avert feared shortfall of regeneration professionals
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Croudace may sell up
Third generation of family-run housebuilder not interested in taking on the business
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Galliford Try seeks 10% cut from housing suppliers
After Taylor Wimpey’s 5% demand, Galliford asks suppliers for help in ‘increasingly difficult market’
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Cost of zero-carbon housing too high for Isle of Wight
Council to build 800-home flagship development to lower eco standard to preserve land value
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Cost of zero-carbon housing too high for Isle of Wight
Council to build 800-home flagship development to lower eco standard to preserve land value
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Let the bad times roll
Amid all the talk of credit crunch, downturns and recession, this could actually be a great opportunity to look at urban regeneration a little differently.
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View from the rooftop
Forget the fabric of the building, inside the home is where you can make a real impact on its green rating. Anna Scothern of the National Centre for Excellence in Housing tells us how to score some points
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Aye, there’s the hub
Feilden Clegg Bradley has won a competition to design the London Greenhouse, a 70,000ft2 building that will act as a “hub” for research into environment issues.
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‘Sacrifices must be made’ to hit environmental targets
The government will have to choose between meeting green objectives and other aspirations, the chief executive of housebuilder Crest Nicholson told the EcoBuild conference.
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User manuals for green homes
Home buyers should not be able to buy a zero-carbon house without guidance about how to live in it, according to the head of the National House Ӱ Council.
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Six in running for £2.5bn east London estate regeneration
Six bidders are in the running to build a £2.5bn flagship regeneration scheme near the Olympics site in east London.
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GLA calls for buy-to-let reform
The planning system needs to make “build-to-let” developments more attractive to institutional investors, according to a report out today.