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Pickles to give keynote housing speech

1 Mar 2014

Communities secretary Eric Pickles is to make a "significant keynote speech on housing" at HBF's Policy Conference in London on March 25.

New build zero carbon costs halve

1 Mar 2014

The extra cost of building a zero carbon home has halved according to a new study from the Zero Carbon Hub.

Persimmon’s profit soars 49%

25 Feb 2014

<p>Persimmon&rsquo;s pre-tax profit in 2013 climbed 49% to &pound;330 million against 2012, reflecting the marked improvement in the housing market.</p> <p><br /><br /></p>

Renegotiating affordable requirements

1 Feb 2014

Richard Jones, group head of regeneration and growth at EC Harris, looks at the developer&rsquo;s right to renegotiate affordable housing requirements and the implications of this for local authorities