Housing – Page 331
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Persimmon posts record £582m profit
Turnover hits £3.14bn as housebuilder concludes successful integration of Westbury Homes into business
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Tesco boss quits
Tony Vasishta, the supermarket’s development director, heads exodus of property team
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CPA calls for cheap land for eco homes
Association challenges government to demonstrate its eco credentials
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Housebuilders set to overturn ban on building near warblers
Report says moratorium on development near ground-nesting birds is ‘disproportionate’
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Time for one last kick
This is your final chance to make your voice heard on the planning gain supplement. Don’t ignore it
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Rebuilding estates ‘too costly’ says LSE report
Knocking down council estates is not a cost-effective way of dealing with poor neighbourhoods’ social problems, a government review of social housing has concluded.
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Private companies takes responsibility for householders' sewers
Defra transfers liability for private sewage and lateral drains
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Bid speculation mounts as Ben Bailey considers ‘strategic options’
Housebuilder’s share price has risen 11% since last Thursday triggering bid rumours
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US housing downturn hammers George Wimpey
Housebuilder profit falls 15% after weakness in US housing results in £60m write down
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Profit slip at Taylor Woodrow
Housebuilder and contractor will focus on improving UK housing business after operating profit in UK falls 5%
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Interest rate rise puts brakes on house prices
Rightmove reports lowest February increase for at least five years following January increase in interest rates
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Kelly to toughen standards in private rented sector
But critics argue that the introduction of a ‘level playing field’ could put off many investors
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Spending watchdog probes housebuilders’ performance
National Audit Office examines why industry is still falling short of output targets
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Planning applications: January 2007
This month Thornfield Properties is the biggest client and the South-east and London had the most projects
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Bouygues out of race for Lambeth PFI scheme
Bouygues has been squeezed off the shortlist for the capital’s most hotly contested PFI housing scheme.
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Crest wins showpiece zero carbon scheme in Docklands
Ken Livingstone hands Crest Nicholson consortium a showpiece zero carbon scheme at Gallion's Reach in London's Docklands
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House prices now over £200,000
Price of average house in UK is £201,090 according to latest figures from DCLG
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Cabe reveals worst housing designers
Bellway comes bottom of Cabe's list which judges the quality of housing designs among the top ten housebuilders
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Broadway Malyan to design rest of Greenwich village
Architect has been picked to tackle 1,650 homes in exemplar millennium community
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Blowing in the wind
The Joseph Rowntree Trust’s pioneering development – the pre-fabricated city-centre apartments for single people at affordable rents (CASPAR) housing scheme in Leeds – will be demolished.