Housing – Page 124
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Berkeley chairman sells shares for £18.7m
Housebuilder’s founder and chair sells chunk of shareholding leaving him with less than 5% interest in company
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Galliford Try sizes up Shepherd Homes takeover
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Beef up planning departments, say 80% of housebuilders
Politicians’ housing targets ‘impossible without more planners’
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Green light for 3,500-home south London scheme
HTA Design, Hawkins\Brown and Mae buildings given go-ahead at Aylesbury Estate
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Labour pledges stamp duty help for first-time buyers
Party proposes making homes worth up to £300,000 exempt from stamp duty for first-time buyers
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Influential think tank slams right to buy extension
Institute for Fiscal Studies says extension of policy could harm public finances
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Lakehouse JV wins Scottish homes retrofit roll-out
Scottish government launch £224m scheme to retrofit homes for those living in fuel poverty
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Winners announced for £4bn London framework
Lakehouse and Keepmoat win most places on London-wide public sector framework
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House buyers undeterred by election, says Taylor Wimpey
Housebuilder says underlying demand for new homes is “high” despite the impending election
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Peabody makes two board appointments
Housing Association appoints Peter Vernon and Jennie Daly to board
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House sales flatline in run-up to election
RICS survey shows supply constraints and pre-election uncertainty led to subdued market in March
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Experian downgrades construction growth forecasts
Output prediction cut by 0.5 percentage points for 2015, with further slowdowns anticipated in 2016-17
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Persimmon makes strong start to 2015
Revenue up 7% to £2bn, but firm warns election is disrupting forward planning
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London doubles number of affordable home completions
GLA funded homes double to 17,914 in year to March 2015
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Industry fears Tory right to buy pledge will hit housebuilding
Housing experts among those raising concerns that Tory manifesto pledge ‘won’t stack up’ for sector
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UK’s tallest resi tower gets final planning approval
Foster + Partners scheme gets Boris thumbs-up
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Conservatives put housing at heart of its manifesto
David Cameron pledges ‘Brownfield Fund’ for new homes, as Greens also launch their housing plans