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Britain\'s largest housebuilder is born

3 Jul 2007

The merger of George Wimpey and Taylor Woodrow completed today, creating housebuilding’s largest company with a land buying budget of £1.5 billion.

Stewart Milne looking for Sigma site

3 Jul 2007

Stewart Milne is looking for a site to build more than 100 of its Sigma homes to level six of the code for sustainable homes.

The microscope

1 Jul 2007

Home information packs

1 Jul 2007

Office of Fair Trading inquiry

1 Jul 2007

National housing and planning advice unit (NHPAU)

1 Jul 2007

Communities England

1 Jul 2007

Communities England will be up and running by April 2009, subject to legislation

Retirement plans

1 Jul 2007

There is movement in the retirement homes sector as McCarthy & Stone looks to double its output following its acquisition and Pegasus steps up a gear following a management buy-out

BBC move will invigorate Salford property markeBBC move will invigorate Salford property market

1 Jul 2007

Increased supply of one-bedroom apartments would help ease housing crisis – Hometrack

1 Jul 2007