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NewsCPA chair: We haven't got the balance yet with mortgages
Adrian Barden says there is danger of 'pendulum swinging too far the other way' from irresponsible lending
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NewsSavills: House prices to fall by 7% in 2010
Property group predicts further drop, despite 3.7% rise this year
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Taylor Wimpey: price of new home has risen 10%
The average sale price of a new home has increased by almost 10% in the past six months, according to the latest market update by housebuilder Taylor Wimpey, in an indication of the strength of the upturn in the housing market
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Aviva commits 拢500m to HCA homes-for-rent scheme
Insurer agrees to bankroll initiative despite growing concern from other investors
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First wave of Kickstart programme gets funding go-ahead
The Homes and Communities Agency this week approved funding for 91 housing developments under the first wave of the government鈥檚 拢925m Kickstart programme, announced in July
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This train isn鈥檛 stopping
In the week of the Thames Gateway Forum, HCA director David Edwards says people shouldn鈥檛 lose faith in the mammoth project
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Tories pledge to simplify Gateway delivery
The Tory party would audit the 拢9bn Thames Gateway programme to make sure it 鈥渄elivered and delivered well鈥�, Stewart Jackson, the shadow regeneration minister, said yesterday
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NewsMothballed 拢700m Deptford housing scheme on track
Plans for the 拢700m 3,500-home Convoys Wharf scheme in Deptford, south-east London, which floundered during the downturn, are back on track, as its new developer prepares to submit revised plans this month
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Data planning applications in October
Developer Commercial Estates Group tops the clients list, while Barratt continues to look busy
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NewsRegeneration firm plans to double staff
North-east-based Frank Haslam Milan will increase workforce by 200 over next two years
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NewsDurkan lands 拢28.5m Hackney homes deal
Contractor to build 207 houses for L&Q by Regents Canal in east London
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NewsHouse prices up 1.2% in October, says Halifax
Index shows fourth monthly increase in a row, reaching 7% higher than April trough
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NewsThames Gateway's Purfleet set for 拢500m makeover
John Denham announces regeneration scheme to create thousands of new homes and jobs
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Housebuilders in crisis talks to cut regulatory burden
Communities department calls in housing chiefs as cost of regulations 鈥渢hreatens site viability鈥�
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Tories pledge 鈥榮wifter鈥� planning
Bob Neill, the shadow planning minister, has signalled that there would be a 鈥減resumption in favour of development鈥� on sites that otherwise met planning policy under the Tories
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Johnson publishes plan for 16,000 Battersea homes
Boris Johnson has published a planning framework for Nine Elms in London which could provide up to 16,000 homes, 25,000 jobs and transport links over the next two decades
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NewsNot a pink elephant in sight
The 拢2.4bn regeneration of the Aylesbury estate at Elephant and Castle in Southwark, south London, has been the given the thumbs-up by the government鈥檚 planning inspector following an examination in public last month
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Two become one
Can the Tories find a way of merging the two housing agencies as well as maintaining an efficient service
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Housing Stats: New build sales and completions in September 2009
Private registrations were up from last year, while the South-east topped the regional poll