Housing – Page 207
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Councils scramble to plan for Connaught collapse
Norwich, Renfrewshire and Gosport make emergency plans following suspension of Connaught shares
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Connaught environment and compliance arms to be kept out of administration
Social housing business will hive off two profitable arms for sale
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Bankers refuse to bail out Connaught
Shares suspended as social housing group teeters on the edge of administration
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HCA's Kerslake made permanent secretary
Sir Bob Kerslake, chief executive of the Homes and Communities Agency, is to take up a senior position within the Department for Communities and Local Government
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New construction orders fall by 14%
New figures show construction orders fell 14% in the second quarter, with the private housing sector suffering the biggest fall
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Highbury Gardens by Porphyrios Architects: Home Base
Developer First Base marked the topping out of its £29m Highbury Gardens scheme in north London this week
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Industry’s fears over fate of HCA framework put to rest
More than a dozen housing schemes have been tendered to contractors and housebuilders on the Homes and Communities Agency’s delivery partner panel since the general election
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House prices fell 0.9% in August says Nationwide
The house price index has fallen for two consecutive months for the first time since February 2009
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Barratt wins bid to build 250 Plymouth homes
Publicly owned land for the North Prospect development was provided by the HCA Delivery Partner Panel
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Insurers call for urgent probe into timber-frame fire risk
Hard evidence of method’s vulnerability triggers calls for better practice and tougher regulation
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'Up to 2,400 fewer homes a year' under London guide
Development agency research into impact of new housing standards lays out worst-case scenario
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Housing stats: New build sales and completions in July 2010
This month’s data reveals rises in private and housing association registrations, but sales are down
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Crest banks start £500m debt talks as bid hopes die
Housebuilder may seek fresh capital as it parts ways with deal adviser Morgan Stanley
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Brighton social housing scheme gets go-ahead
After five years, three planning applications and two public inquiries Hyder Group development is finally granted planning permission
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Persimmon profit up ten-fold on increased sales
Housebuilder’s revenue increases 27% to £777m for first six months of the year
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Connaught dumped from housing contract
Barnet council has terminated its contract with Connaught following the firm’s successive profit warnings
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Lovell bags Bradford's £5.6m council housing scheme
Bradford council embarks on first publicly funded housebuilding development in the city in 30 years
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Wates secures £400m framework contracts
Wates has bagged two frameworks, one with Housing 21 and another with Hanover
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Bovis Homes makes £3.5m profit
Half-year results show housebuilders is now in the black having turned around last year’s £8.6m loss