Housing – Page 319
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Vetro chic
Images have been released of NCH Architects’ Vetro scheme in Liverpool’s business district. The £8m mixed-use scheme, for developer Huntsmere, comprises 36,000ft2 of office space on the corner of Crosshall and Victoria streets. The construction contract for the scheme, which also includes apartments and retail, is out to tender.
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Miller profit up 5% despite 'tough' housing market
Britain's sixth biggest housebuilder reports £36m interim profit as it considers acquisition
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Barratt wins Camp Hill redevelopment contract
Housebuilding firm named as preferred bidder on £125m Nuneaton scheme
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Four-bed houses average 'E' energy rating
First figures released on performance of houses as part of new Home Information Packs
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Paper Round: Housing price growth 'slowing but stable'
The papers have this weekend reported the decrease in growth rates for the home market
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Bovis Homes profit up 10% despite market caution
Bovis Homes says consumers are taking longer to decide whether to buy after interest rate rises
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MPs launch public inquiry into future of new homes
Urban Development Group invites submissions on how to achieve government target
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Councils plan for 3 million homes target
Local authorities across England have spent the summer thrashing out plans for a new wave of council housebuilding.Councils such as the London boroughs of Croydon, Islington and Barnet, as well as Norwich and Newcastle, are understood to be leading the way in responding to July’s housing green paper.In it, housing ...
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RMJM submits masterplan for regeneration of Leith Docks
Architect reveals design for largest planning application in Edinburgh’s history
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A design for Life
Cartwright Pickard Architects has unveiled this design for the Life:House to meet the demand for more sustainable and affordable housing.
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Three-quarters of Gateway homes still to be built, says Savills
Property consultant Savills has warned housebuilders they will need to raise the rate of completions in the Thames Gateway by two-thirds over the next decade.
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Foster Malaysian scheme picks up Aga Khan award
UK architect is among nine who have been awarded the 2007 Aga Khan Award for Architecture
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Galliford Try profit buoyed by recent acquisitions
Profit increases 63% to £53m as acquisitions perform ahead of expectations
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Housing Corporation launches £8bn investment programme
Criteria announced for “largest ever” government fund initiative for affordable home providers
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Housebuilders to be given customer service lessons
Half-day NHBC courses will tell housebuilders the difference between NHBC and HBF customer satisfaction surveys
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Six directors resign as £8bn Hanson sale is completed
Hanson ceased trading on the London stock exchange at the end of last week, as German materials firm HeidelbergCement completed its £8bn acquisition.
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Barratt tops spenders list for second quarter
Barratt’s £2.2bn takeover of Wilson Bowden took it to the top of the acquisitions league for the second quarter of 2007, in a table dominated housebuilders.
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Former Westbury staff plot rapid expansion at new firm
Lioncourt launches five-year programme to become one of UK’s largest private housebuilders
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Housebuilders slam new space and energy standards
HBF warns government that proposed housing standards will lower the value of public land