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Pathfinders to cut housing targets in light of recession
The bodies running the government鈥檚 拢2.2bn housing market renewal initiative are being forced to scale back plans because of the recession, the Audit Commission has said
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NewsSpa turn: Bermondsey Spa regeneration
Willmott Dixon鈥檚 social housing arm Inspace has been named preferred bidder on the Bermondsey Spa regeneration project in Southwark, south London
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NewsSeize the day
Tempting big investors to put cash into private rental property has never succeeded in the past. But if we act quickly, says Matthew Cutts, the government鈥檚 plan may just work
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Planning applications: April 2009
Projects at detailed planning stage rose slightly in all regions apart from Wales and the North
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NewsKier hopeful of housing upturn next year
Contractor notes easing in market conditions despite continuing downward price pressure
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NewsBarratt rules out imminent rights issue
Housebuilder quashes speculation about plans to ask investors for cash in the immediate future
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NewsRedrow dusts off housing sites as market revives
Work to restart on selected sites in response to stabilisation of UK housing sales
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NewsNew buyer enquiries hit 10-year high
RICS data shows more than four in 10 surveyors saw enquiries rise in April
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NewsGalliford Try buys failed firm's housing assets
Contractor pays 拢7m for five housebuilding sites belonging to Wright Group, which recently went into administration
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NewsPlease sir, can we have some more?
Of course the Budget didn鈥檛 give us as much as we wanted. But, says Jon Neale, it鈥檚 questionable whether even more cash would help housebuilders. What we want more of is fresh thinking
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NewsFirms line up to take part in HCA's private rental scheme
Housing associations, property firms and banks consider investment in agency鈥檚 property fund
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NewsHot property
A London housing association has obtained planning permission for 26 affordable homes in Peckham, south London
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Boris Johnson set to clash with government over 鈥榞arden grab鈥�
Moves to protect gardens from development will set the mayor of London on a collision course with central government, according to the Royal Town Planning Institute
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Kier council win
Kier has been named preferred bidder for a contract in the north-east of England that could be worth more than 拢600m
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Zero-carb confusion
The building industry underestimates the difficulty of building zero-carbon homes by 2016, a survey has found
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Modular eco-home
Viridis Homes last week launched a modular house that it says is the first of its kind to reach level five of the Code for Sustainable Homes and can be built for just under 拢82,000.
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NewsPortland green housing scheme goes in for planning
HTA-designed development will have 77 homes, of which 23 will be affordable
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NewsBovis Homes reports 71% rise in trading in 2009
Private reservations for first four months strongly up on last year but still 25% down on 2007 peak
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NewsBarratt names new finance chief
David Thomas joins the housebuilder from video retail group Game to take over from Mark Pain