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Joined up thinking needed on water regs - HBF

June 22, 2006

The HBF has called for \"joined up thinking\" as the government finalises arrangements for new water regulations.

South east plan plan comes up short on homes

June 20, 2006

South East England Regional Assembly (SEERA) housing targets will fall well short of the regions need according to a government backed report.

Committee calls for government to free up land

June 20, 2006

Councils should use compulsory purchase orders to free up land that housebuilders are not releasing for development says the select committee on the ODPM.

Barratt first to get Housing Corp money

June 20, 2006

Barratt is the first private housebuilder to secure direct funding from the Housing Corporation (HC) to build subsidised affordable homes.

Barratt goes back to school

June 19, 2006

Barratt has taken on nine redundant school sites in west Scotland in one of its largest regeneration projects in recent years.

Housebuilding biggest threat to wildlife says report

June 19, 2006

Development is the greatest threat to the country’s most at risk species says a report by the group that oversees the government’s Biodiversity Action Plan (BA…

Only a 5% chance of market crash says new research

June 19, 2006

Britain has only a one in twenty chance of suffering a house price collapse according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Stratford City row ends as developer buys out partners

June 16, 2006

Westfield has solved the ownership crisis of the £4 billion Stratford City development, which is critical to the construction of the Olympic park in east Londo…

Housing market still strong says RICs

June 15, 2006

The housing market has continued its upward curve according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICs).

Housebuilders line up for industry gongs

June 14, 2006

The most innovative companies in the housebuilding industry have made the shortlist for the 2006 Housebuilding Innovation Awards.