Housing – Page 280
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Council managers are friendly types, reveals study
Think tank finds "unfeeling" stereotype inaccurate as council managers are more extrovert than most
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Lovell wins £53m Hounslow affordable housing contract
Morgan Sindall subsidiary named as council development partner on five-year housing programme
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Government should guarantee mortgage market, says FSA
Report says government should guarantee billions of pounds of mortgage market bonds to revive market
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Housing Corporation 'over-cautious' in Ujima collapse
Regulation was 'not fit for purpose', says report into first housing association insolvency
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Persimmon suppliers told to cut price by 15% or lose work
Subcontractors may have their contracts retendered if they refuse to cut agreed contracts
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Taylor Wimpey cash shortage threatens lifeline deal with banks
Housebuilder's debts mean it is 'unlikely' to get same reprieve as Barratt
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Is the eco-town dream dead?
Practically the first move of the Brown regime was to yank the supercasino and announce plans for eco-towns. Developers were entranced by them at first, but a year later they look a decidedly dicey bet. So will any be built?
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Prison plans may spell end for Norfolk eco-town
Developer says it will abandon scheme if Ministry of Justice prison on former airbase site is approved
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Boosting housing outcomes through a joined-up approach
With the government's consultation on a new regeneration framework focusing on measuring regeneration by results, a joined-up yet localised approach to housing policy is the best way to boost outcomes
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Why we have to build eco-towns
A coalition of professional planners, landowners and Tories has come together in opposition to one of the most progressive and vital government initiatives of recent times
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Taylor Wimpey may be forced to sell US and Spanish arms
Disposal could be condition of raising funds from sale of 30% stake to private equity firms
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The road from hell
Two weeks ago Barratt agreed a deal with its lenders that it hopes will see it through the downturn. Chief executive Mark Clare considers what happens next
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Social housing may be excused from green targets
Housing Corporation admits homes bought from private developers may not meet code level three
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Housing stats: New-build sales and completions in June 2008
This month’s data reveals that private registrations are at 40% of the level they were a year ago.
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Housing targets at risk from too few planners
The government is at “significant risk” of missing its housebuilding targets because of a shortage of skilled planners, a committee of MPs was due to announce yesterday.
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Housing tenant ties himself to bridge in protest over repairs
Worcester Community Housing tenant stops rush-hour traffic in frustration at four-month wait for completion of repairs
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Affordable housing shake-up needed to keep villages alive
Review calls for an end to badly designed estates around market towns
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Private shared-equity housing schemes fall foul of credit crunch
Review finds that nascent market among private providers has been strangled by economic downturn
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Natural England sets green test for new housing growth points
Agency demands wildlife-rich green spaces are placed at the heart of all new housing developments
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Liverpool's waterfront takes shape
Latest images of construction progress at Pier Head/Mann Island, where three major regeneration projects are under way