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Mortgage lending rises 拢1.8bn
The Council of Mortgage Lenders said the amount of money borrowed by home buyers rose 拢1.8bn between May and June, but was only half what it was a year ago
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Birmingham council to rationalise
Birmingham council is to borrow 拢51m to upgrade and rationalise its offices
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HCA to fund energy links
The Homes and Communities Agency will put 拢12m into connecting housing schemes to low carbon energy plants
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Housing taskforce established
A think tank has set up a taskforce to work on strategies to break the boom and bust cycles in the housing market
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NewsWho will deliver the eco-towns?
The government is breathing life into eco-towns, but the past 18 months have been profoundly discouraging for the private sector
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160,000 refurbs delayed to pay for new-build pledge
Prime minister鈥檚 拢1.5bn new homes fund sucks money from refurbishment and infrastructure schemes
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NewsThe Belgian Reformation
Manchester architect Re|form has been shortlisted to redesign part of a Belgian town
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NewsMortgages up 15% in June
Rise means mortgage lending is 47% higher than last year during depths of credit crunch
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NewsHome starts hit one-year high
Despite overall rise, NHBC figures show private sector starts down 36% on a year ago
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NewsElephant back on track as Lend Lease renews deal
Lapsed agreement with Southwark council is revived for redevelopment of Elephant and Castle estate
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NewsMortgage lending jumps 17% in a month
But lenders attribute strong rise between May and June largely to seasonal factors
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NewsHousing market shows bounce in asking prices
Hopes of recovery boosted as Rightmove reports 0.6% rise in July, ending June's brief return to decline
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NewsReinventing the building society
Local authorities need cash to build houses; savers need somewhere to invest their cash. So, asks Kathleen Dunmore, why not get the two together?
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NewsHealey pledges new cash and ideas to kickstart housing
New minister lines up 拢1.7bn for PFI homes and promises thoroughgoing rethink of housebuilders鈥� business model
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NewsPlanning permission to depend on training
New government scheme threatens developers with planning refusal unless they commit to using apprentices
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NewsFruitless: Make's Cherry Orchard faces planning refusal
Croydon council officials frown on architect鈥檚 application for Menta's 拢500m Cherry Orchard Road regeneration scheme
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NewsGovernment鈥檚 bid to boost mortgages 鈥榠s not working鈥�
Committee of MPs hits out at policy 鈥榝ailure鈥� on flagship housing market revival scheme
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HCA to crack down on environmental standard cheats
The Homes and Communities Agency will force builders to go back and improve new homes if they don鈥檛 meet the environmental standards claimed