Housing – Page 264
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Galliford Try wins homes superagency's first job
Contractor appointed on first development by the new Homes and Communities Agency
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Countryside reveals plans for 1,000 homes in Sussex
Housebuilder's plans include primary school, pub, business space and allotments
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Berkeley house sales slump 60%
Group posts pre-tax profit of £79.8m despite worsening conditions since collapse of Lehman Brothers
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Telford and Bovis Homes could axe 260 staff in 2009
London-based Telford to cut one-third of jobs, as Bovis starts second wave of redundancies
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Housing association in talks to rescue Olympic village
Lend Lease’s developer role hangs on a deal with Southern Housing Group
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Urgent bank talks over social landlord rescues
New sector regulator worried stricter lending will prevent troubled housing associations being saved
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Major housing project applications down by 22%
Planning applications for major housing projects have fallen by more than a fifth in the past year, a study has revealed.
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EP in £10m media college rescue
English Partnerships has rescued the development of a £50m higher education college on the £5bn Greenwich Peninsula scheme after housebuilder Taylor Wimpey backed out of a land deal, writes Dan Stewart.
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Crunch talks to save £450m Thames bridge
Councils in east London are lobbying the government to reinstate plans for a £450m bridge over the Thames just weeks after it was axed by the capital’s mayor, writes Joey Gardiner.
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Rivals' discounts may force writedowns at Bellway
Housebuilder warns of possible portfolio revaluations in January, blaming discounting at other firms
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Bovis Homes and Urban Splash announce more job cuts
Bovis Homes will make up to 200 redundant while Urban Splash is to lay off staff in its northern contracting arm
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New housing agency to boost infrastructure funds
Homes and Communities Agency sets out its investment plans
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UK's largest PFI housing upgrade completed
First stage of Islington refurbishment scheme finishes
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Telford Homes in the black despite tough market
But housebuilder scraps interim dividend after making only small profit in ‘difficult’ conditions
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Homebuying discount urged for ‘good’ council tenants
Think tank wants ‘positive’ behaviour rewarded by extra help in buying council home
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Tenants should look for work or lose their homes, says report
Conservative think tank says giving council housing to the needy has created ghettos
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Homes and Communities Agency opens for business
New super-agency headed by Bob Kerslake has a budget of £17.4bn over next three years
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Beckett's speech: 'Long-term future rather than announcements'
Havering council's leader Michael White reacts to Margaret Beckett's speech at the Thames Gateway Forum
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'Housing agency grasping the nettle of the Thames Gateway'
Valli van Zijl, regeneration director at Southern Housing Group, comments at the Thames Gateway Forum
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Tories: 'Regional bodies should not impose [housebuilding] targets'
Shadow Thames Gateway minister Stewart Jackson on regional housing targets and incentives for councils to build