Housing – Page 258
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Brandon Street: Beautifying the beast
Southwark council in south London has given the green light to London & Quadrant’s plans to build new homes for Heygate estate residents in Elephant and Castle
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Lambeth blocks Make's Albert Embankment skyscraper
Council planning decision rules that 23-storey building would block light to nearby buildings
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House prices to fall 11% this year
Total fall from 2007 peak of market to 2011 will be 30%, forecasts poll of analysts
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Barratt cuts net debt by £230m
But trading update reveals completions down one-quarter in second half of 2008
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Redrow warns full-year margins will be down
But housebuilder says cost cutting has brought down net debt to £270m at half-year point
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Self-build 'could save 50,000 construction jobs'
Report claims government intervention could double self-build in a year
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Apollo wins £22.5m social housing repair deal
Five-year contract covers all refurbishment and maintenance in William Sutton Homes' South and Central regions
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House sales plummet despite rising enquiries
Buyer interest rises on the back of low interest rates and prices but sales fail to lift
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Taylor Wimpey rules out debt-for-equity deal
Chief executive dismisses reports that lenders will take a slice of the company as he warns of further writedowns
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Taylor Wimpey sources dismiss deal fears
Ahead of tomorrow's trading update sources say bank's credit committees 'very unlikely' to scupper deal
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Galliford Try heads for housing top five
Chief exec says downturn will propel firm into top tier of housebuilders, as 500 staff put onto four-day week
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HBOS may merge social housing groups to sell as single entity
Private equity groups circle Keepmoat and Apollo as bank seeks to reduce property market exposure
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Bovis Homes job cuts rise to 60% of workforce
New round of job cuts announced to counter fall in sales and sliding house prices
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Homes agency eases funding logjam
A six-month funding logjam for English Partnerships’ schemes appears to be easing since the creation of the Homes and Communities Agency in December
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in November 2008
NHBC is the standard-setting body and leading warranty and insurance provider for new homes in the UK
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Au natural
The latest prefabricated volumetric building completed by Shepherd subsidiary Yorkon is clad vernacular style in uncoursed natural stonework and untreated cedar boarding
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Stock Woolstencroft Stratford apartments: Gold, silver and bronze
These are the first images of a trio of mixed-use apartment blocks overlooking London’s Olympic park, which have just been submitted for planning
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Taylor Wimpey firm imposes 20% payment cut
George Wimpey Bristol warns subcontractors that work will halt unless they slash prices
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UK's biggest current zero-carbon housing scheme unveiled
Barratt site in Bristol will feature 195 homes meeting level six of the Code for Sustainable Homes
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Mears upbeat on 2008 forecast
Results will be in line with expectations, says social housing maintenance group