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House prices rise but at slower rate - Nationwide

House prices rose again in October but at the slightly slower pace of 0.4%, Nationwide has revealed.

Latest Kickstart schemes announced

Housing minister John Healey has given the go ahead to 115 stalled housing schemes to receive Kickstart funding allowing developers to resume building, which takes the total number of Kickstart schemes announced to date to 152.

TUC calls for "massive increase in housebuilding!

The TUC has called for “a strong programme of building social housing” following the release of the Land Registry’s house price index, which showed that house prices rose 0.9% in September.

UK housebuilding industry shows more signs of improvment - NHBC

NHBC’s latest housing statistics show a continued improvement in the UK housebuilding industry, with applications rising 4% from July to September 2009 compared to the same period last year.

Telford Homes reduces debt but mortgage finance "has not improved"

Telford Homes has in the last six months reduced its debt from £107 million to £71 million, it announced in a trading statement ahead of its interim results for the six months ending 30 September 2009.

Tory plans "as scary as hell" says TayWimp boss

Zero Carbon Hub starts work on national energy efficiency standard

The Zero Carbon Hub is to start developing a national energy efficiency standard for homes.

Industry debates housebuilding model at HMI conference

HBF’s director of economic affairs John Stewart has said that despite the downturn, the traditional housebuilding model is not broken, a stance taken at last year’s Housing Market Intelligence conference.

Minister announces housing boost

Housing minister John Healey has announced the release of £51 million of Kickstart initiative money to build 2000 stalled homes on 27 schemes nationwide.

HBF expresses concern over Conservative localism policies

HBF boss Stewart Baseley has expressed concern over the effect on housing supply of the Conservative Party's proposed localism policy. Under this policy development decisions will be devolved to local communities encouraged by cash incentives from council tax receipts.