Housing News 鈥� Page 335
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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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NewsInterest 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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NewsKelly to toughen standards in private rented sector
But critics argue that the introduction of a 鈥榣evel playing field鈥� could put off many investors
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Spending watchdog probes housebuilders鈥� 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鈥檚 most hotly contested PFI housing scheme.
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NewsCrest 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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NewsHouse prices now over 拢200,000
Price of average house in UK is 拢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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NewsBlowing in the wind
The Joseph Rowntree Trust鈥檚 pioneering development 鈥� the pre-fabricated city-centre apartments for single people at affordable rents (CASPAR) housing scheme in Leeds 鈥� will be demolished.
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Cabe reveals worst housing designers
Out of Britain鈥檚 top 10 volume housebuilders, Bellway Homes is the company with the poorest designed schemes and Berkeley Group is the company with the best, according to an audit by Cabe
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NewsBarratt uses 拢2.2bn deal to reinvent its brand
Company becomes Britain鈥檚 biggest housebuilder after Britain鈥檚 biggest housebuilding takeover, and in the process moves upmarket and enters the FTSE 100
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What the Barratt deal means for the sector
Barratt鈥檚 purchase of Wilson Bowden enables it to regain the crown of Britain鈥檚 biggest housebuilder, which it lost last year to Persimmon.
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NewsBuschow鈥檚 Hemel breakthrough
After a long battle, Buschow Henley has succeeded in securing planning permission for 56 affordable and shared ownership flats in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.
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NewsGalliford Try buys Linden Homes for 拢244.5m
Galliford Try's housing business will operate under Linden Homes banner as takeover propels group into housebuilder top ten
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NewsCartwright Pickard apartment scheme on site in Reading
The 211-bed apartment Chatham Place scheme will form part of 拢250m regeneration scheme
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NewsHousebuilders set zero carbon challenge
English Partnerships launches a zero carbon design competition for housebuilders
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NewsLovell wins 拢34m Rea Valley rebuild
Housing contractor will build 353 homes to replace defective pre-cast concrete housing in Northfield, Birmingham
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NewsBDP wins masterplan for notorious Belfast jail
Architect BDP will work on plans for former Crumlin Road Gaol which will feature a hotel, housing and sports and education facilities