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NewsHousebuilders creak into action as they run out of unsold stock
Firms respond to gradual increase in demand, but long period of convalescence is in store
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NewsOlympic bosses to rethink 10,000-home legacy plan
Plans for Olympic park after 2012, including conversion of stadium into school, may be altered
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NewsRight at home
Now that the Conservative party is ambling to victory at the next election victory, it has much more freedom to develop housing policy. Jon Neale looks at what it鈥檚 likely to be
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Bellway turns to South-east
Housebuilder Bellway will ramp up production in south-east England, where it said sales were now 鈥渕arginally stronger鈥� than other parts of the country
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NewsGreen Shoots
Each week 黑洞社区 will ask an expert to analyse the latest evidence of green shoots, and see if it stands up to scrutiny. This week we have Simon Rawlinson, partner in Davis Langdon, on housing
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NewsHouse prices on the rise, says government
Communities department figures reveal that the average price of a house rose 1.1% during April
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NewsHouse prices steadying, reports RICS survey
Rise in fresh enquiries and lack of new supply means prices have begun to stabilise
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NewsBrown's reshuffle: how it affects construction
Prime Minister restructures Cabinet following disastrous week for government
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NewsBellway increases housing delivery in South-east
Housebuilder says housing market is stabilising but sees no major increase in demand
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NewsFire doors
Jeld-Wen, the maker of interior and exterior doors, has supplied Gwynedd council in Wales with 35mm fire doors for the refurbishment of 100 blocks of flats
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NewsInsulated roof panels
Unilin System鈥檚 structural insulated roof panels have been used on three carbon-neutral homes in Somerset
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NewsLocal Housing Companies stall amid public debt fears
All 14 trial joint ventures delayed, owing to market conditions and row over council balance sheets
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Dytor launches company to take on recession-hit schemes
Regeneration entrepreneur Ken Dytor is starting a company to rework developments held up by the recession
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NewsForget all you think you know
The first signs of increased demand may now be appearing. But any recovery isn鈥檛 going to be a return to how things were before. Yolande Barnes predicts a brave new world for housebuilding
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Small builders unfair
A third of the 171 cases brought under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations have involved small domestic builders, according to the Office of Fair Trading.
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WAG reviews planning
The Welsh assembly government has announced a review of the system for submitting planning applications
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London homes are sold
Only 916 newly built homes are lying empty and unsold in London, according to research from property firm Savills
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McCarthy buys site
Retirement housebuilder McCarthy & Stone has bought a development site in Whitby for 22 houses
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Density is up
In 2008, nearly 80% of dwellings in England were built on previously developed land, with new dwellings built at an average density of 46 dwellings per hectare compared with 44 in 2007.