Housing – Page 218
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Danny Alexander to announce HCA cuts at 4pm
Treasury secretary’s decision to determine how much of £610m funding black hole will be filled
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MJ Gleeson exits contracting after selling social housing arm
Morgan Sindall buys social housing repair and maintenance business from MJ Gleeson for £6.6m
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Tesco starts selling £10,000 flat-pack homes
Self-assembly ’Helsinki’ log cabins have five rooms, double glazing and a decking area
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Greg Fitzgerald appointed director at NHBC
Galliford Try chief executive joins housing warranty provider as a non-executive director
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Mears share price recovers after dropping 11%
Social housing firm says trading remains strong across all divisions
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Taylor Wimpey reports small rise in house prices
Average selling price for Taylor Wimpey home goes up to £167k
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Auditors query value of housing PFI
Programme’s future in doubt after report highlights prevalence of large cost rises
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Firms queue up to develop £15bn of banks' bust sites
Industry tries to persuade lenders to build out ’distressed’ projects they acquired before the recession
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Rogers slams low-density plans
Richard Rogers has hit out at the government’s plans to abolish the requirement to build homes at a minimum density, saying they would “fundamentally damage” the prospects of sustainable development
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Cambridge eco-town in doubt as government halts A14
10,000-home project at Northstowe in balance after £1.1bn road-widening project is put on hold
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Shapps secures £140m for stalled HCA schemes
Housng minister says government will find at least £140m to fill the £610m gap in the HCA finances
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Report shows green benefits elude homeowners
Concern at consumer failure to grasp potential benefits of sustainable technology
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Industry left waiting on housing and BSF
Government to clarify key spending decisions within weeks, as Osborne spares capital expenditure from fresh cuts
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Shapps poised to hand HCA role in regulating social housing
Watchdog seen as key to guaranteeing billions of pounds of bank lending for housing development
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Private equity groups circle Crest as Osmond talks continue
Private equity firms are among the parties circling Crest Nicholson, according to sources close to the takeover negotiations
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Race begins to define zero carbon as funding cuts loom
Housebuilders and green lobby raise fears over plans to cut funding for Zero Carbon Hub
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Housing stats: New build sales and completions in May 2010
Sales have barely changed since this time last year, but registrations are significantly higher
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Mortgage lending rises as house prices hit double digits
Year to April sees strong growth in lending although figures down since March
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Mayor calls for London housing body
Boris Johnson proposes merging capital’s parts of HCA and LDA
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HIPs abolition helps drive sales, says RICSs
Abolition of HIPs could boost supply of homes by 15% according to RICSs