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Budget delivers incentives for low carbon homes

March 21, 2007

Chancellor Gordon Brown has delivered his final Budget with a raft of business and consumer incentives for low carbon housing.

Government housing targets will fail to meet demand

March 16, 2007

Government targets to build more than 200,000 new homes a year by 2016 will fall well short of what is needed. This is the conclusion to be drawn from the late…

Miller Group \"powers ahead\" in 2006

March 14, 2007

The Miller Group had a bumper year in 2006 as the acquisition of Fairclough contributed to a 44% increase in its housebuilding business’s turnover to £707 mill…

Climate change Bill proposes five-yearly \"carbon budgets\"

March 13, 2007

The government has today published a draft climate change Bill, which would enshrine in law its plan to reduce the UK’s carbon emissions by 60% by 2050.

House price inflation continues to climb – CLG

March 13, 2007

Latest figures from the department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) show house process continuing to climb across most UK regions, with the mix-adjus…

Miliband calls for \"more proactive\" approach to land use

March 12, 2007

Environment secretary David Miliband has today called for a rethink in the way the nation’s land is used to \"create a country where we get more economic, soci…

CPRE/Guardian research claims greenbelt being eroded

March 12, 2007

The Guardian newspaper has today published research undertaken in partnership with the Campaign to Protect Rural England, which claims that 10,000 acres of gre…

Bovis strengthens land position during 2006

March 12, 2007

Bovis Homes has seen solid profit growth during 2006, increasing pre-tax profits by 13.7% to £132 million according to its preliminary results for the year.

Callcutt calls for housing delivery review submissions

March 9, 2007

John Callcutt, formerly head of English Partnerships and chief executive of Crest Nicholson, has today launched his government-commissioned review of housing d…

Gateway boss targets £38 billion of investment

March 8, 2007

Thames Gateway chief executive Judith Armitt has revealed that the government is hoping to leverage £38 billion worth of private sector investment into the reg…