Housing – Page 285
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Cedar shingles
Western red cedar shingles from timber importer John Brash have been used on the roofs of holiday chalets at the Colomendy Centre, an education and activity centre in north Wales.
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UK house prices sink to June 2006 levels
Prices dive 8.8% over the year but monthly rate of decline slows to 1.7%
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Birse wins £9.2m contract on Land Secs' Ebbsfleet
Civil engineer to undertake infrastructure works on 10,000-home mixed-use development
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Bank of England holds interest rates at 5%
Risk of inflation prevents monetary policy committee from coming to housebuilders' aid by cutting rates
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Royal Arsenal: Berkeley Homes boss who lives in his own scheme
Berkeley Homes boss John Anderson talks to Chloe Stothart about the housing slowdown and what it's like living next door to his customers
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Could council mortgages kickstart the housing market?
Housing expert Alan Murie of Birmingham University gives his views on proposals to bolster housing.
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New planning tax will be optional for local authorities
But property industry warns community infrastructure levy needs more work
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Will council tenants want Byers' right to buy idea?
Former minister Stephen Byers said council tenants should be able to use their right to buy discount to buy a home on the open market, but there are doubts about whether the plan would be popular
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Barratt seals refinancing deal with banks
Deal to relax lending covenants is now in place, says housebuilder
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Galliford Try wins four London housing schemes worth £84.5m
Contractor named on regeneration projects in Enfield, Plaistow, Hornsey and Plumstead
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Dorset councillors unite against homes plan
Purbeck council opposed to 5000 home scheme backed by minister
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Hips take longer in Hastings
Survey reveals massive regional differences in time taken to compile data for home information packs
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Construction activity hits record low
Survey reveals that construction market 'worsened rapidly' in July following severe decline in housing
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Chancellor refuses to rule out stamp duty freeze
Alistair Darling says he is preparing measures to help kickstart the housing market
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£1bn overhaul for West Bromwich
Nearly three quarters of town centre will be redeveloped by 2018
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Lend Lease profits halve after UK housing writedown
Olympic Village developer warns Australian stock market that UK housing troubles will hit group profits
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Cleadon Park: crime busters
A housing association describes the measures its took to keep antisocial behaviour out of a newly regenerated estate
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Homes being sold without Hips, says Law Society
Some buyers failing to receive report until weeks after purchase
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Taylor Wimpey puts Taywood Construction on the market
Housebuilder hangs for-sale sign on contracting arm – despite speculation that it will raise no money
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Housebuilders face wave of legal battles over withheld cash
Bovis Homes is demanding that subcontractors give up their retentions in the latest attempt to cut costs