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NewsTaylor Wimpey strikes rescue deal with banks
Recent improvement in share price has enabled housebuilder to relax its lending covenants without need for new cash
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The existing homes challenge 鈥� video
Experience eco-refub expert Russell Smith from Parity Projects discusses his contribution to the UKGBC consultation on existing homes
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NewsStone Age alternative for first-time homebuyers
Could cave home found in Scottish cliff face belong to victims of mortgage lending squeeze?
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NewsGovernment admits house sales figures may be wrong
Publication of July house sales figures delayed while data rechecked back to March
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NewsHousing slump pushes Persimmon profits down 64%
House price slide and lending squeeze conspire to hit first-half profits at UK housebuilder
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NewsBlears saves Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands' Doon Street tower
Communities secretary overrules inspector's recommendation for refusal of 43-storey tower on South Bank
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Eco-town selection delayed until next year
Consultation holds up final naming of up to 10 sites for zero-carbon communities
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Scottish affordable housing gets 拢100m boost
Funding to be brought forward from 2010-11 budget to be spent this year and next instead
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Mortgage lending shows slight upturn in July
Lenders report 5% monthly rise but activity still 27% down over the year
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NewsVermont Developments goes into administration
Liverpool-based firm hits problems after mothballing of 拢40m residential development in Salford
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NewsBuy-to-let investors may withdraw 拢18bn from residential market
Survey suggests private investors are looking to place cash elsewhere as property becomes less attractive asset
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NewsAnalysts make predictions ahead of Persimmon results
Housebuilder expected to announce 63% fall in pre-tax profit in six month results out this Thursday
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NewsResidential land values dive 20% in six months
Savills research reveals land values falling four times as fast as house prices - with a further 25% fall to come
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NewsMears clinches 拢57m of social housing work
Partnership deals with Octavia and Old Ford bring order book to 拢1.7bn
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Berkeley wins planning for 500-home Sevenoaks scheme
Secretary of State rejects local council's ojbection to mixed-use scheme on edge of nature reserve
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Contractors find shelter from storm in social housing
Business barometer 鈥斅燤organ Sindall takes top spot thanks to wins at affordable housing arm
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HBF plans to make half of staff redundant
The principal trade body for housebuilders is to make half its employees redundant as the catastrophic drop in the sale of new homes continues
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NewsGovernment spends 拢16m to bail out eco-home scheme
English Partnerships hands over site for 拢1 to save flagship Peterborough scheme from credit crunch
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NewsMichael Eavis: the Glastonbury Festival founder talks rural housing
You might think that a man with 900 acres of farmland and the Glastonbury festival to run has enough to keep himself busy. But Michael Eavis has decided to help solve the rural housing crisis as well. Thom Gibbs finds out why
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Callcutt disappointed at review response
Former Crest Nicholson boss John Callcutt has hit out at the government鈥檚 failure to ban housebuilders that don鈥檛 meet customer satisfaction benchmarks from public sector funding.