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Cherry picked for honours

Alan Cherry, chairman of Countryside Properties, has been awarded the CBE for services to urban regeneration and the housebuilding industry in the Queen’s birthday honours list.

Prices rising but visitors stay away

Visitors and reservations stubbornly refuse to pick up this year according to latest figures in the HBF survey. But still most builders expect higher sales and see higher prices each month.

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[MMC-IMG=85-A=Right] Taylor Woodrow is developing what may be the most environmentally friendly residential building in Britain at Macintosh village in Manchester.

Draft of sound RSDs submitted

The House Builders Federation has sent the government the first draft of proposed robust standard details for new sound insulation regulations.

Brown pins euro delay on housing

Chancellor Gordon Brown has confirmed that the volatility of the UK housing market is a principal factor in his decision to delay joining the euro. He has also delivered the clearest indication yet that he believes long-term housing undersupply is causing

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The big push

Andrew Leech finds that there’s a strong case for both timber and concrete floors with both sectors pushing forward with technological innovations that are improving structural integrity and even on-site safety

Tricks of the trade

Developers are using a growing array of tools to sell their new homes. Tim Palmer finds that creative marketing techniques such as virtual developments and studios filled with finishing options are becoming just as important as well trained sales staff an

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<b>Don’t throw those bidding spears at me</b> There is no sign yet of a young Michael Caine and his fellow South Wales Borderers behind the sandbags at Rialto Homes’ HQ building - but the Zulus are beating their shields for one final terrifying charge acr

[MMC-IMG=40-A=Left] Time to reveal PPG3 truth