Housing – Page 282
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The rake’s progress: housebuilders
Housebuilders don’t like to get tied down. As soon as a scheme’s built and sold, they move on. So why are they suddenly forming longer-term attachments? Ben Cook finds out what it’s all about
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St Modwen hit by land slump
Regeneration specialist St Modwen plunged into the red during the first half of this year and announced on Monday it was halting attempts to sell residential land until the market had “stabilised.”
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Down by the river: Frasers Property’s Riverside Quarter scheme
Wandsworth council has given permission for the final phase of Frasers Property’s Riverside Quarter scheme on the south bank of the Thames in south-west London
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Gavron: London developers already cutting affordable homes
Developers are taking advantage of the new London mayor’s housing policy to try to reduce the amount of affordable homes they have to produce, according to former deputy mayor Nicky Gavron.
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Supermarket sweep?
The government's revised planning statement is supposed to boost the health of town centres but it could have the opposite effect
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Government agency to review all housing schemes
Homes and Communities Agency moves to stop projects faltering
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Government acts to help housing market
Rent-to-buy scheme to help first-time buyers and new local housing companies among a raft of measures announced today
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Delays at Greenwich Peninsula could cost taxpayer £60m
Lend Lease and Quintain’s £4bn scheme ‘at least two years behind schedule’, says National Audit Office
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Housing 'ignored' in youth crime plan
Social landlords are disappointed that housing is downplayed in the government’s blueprint on tackling youth crime.
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Communities minister reveals housing targets for North-east
Baroness Andrews outlines plans to build 128,900 homes in the region by 2021
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St Modwen halts housing schemes at Longbridge and Stoke
Two housing developments put on hold until housing market improves, following firm's announcement of £20m losses
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Quarterly house sales fall 40% to hit 30-year low
RICS says estate agents sold just 15 homes each last quarter, 40% less than a year ago
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Castleford unveils its redesigned underpass
Town centre gets a new landscape public space as part of a regeneration scheme
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Roger Humber and Chris Millington: where do housebuilders go from here?
Roger Humber of the House Builders Association and Chris Millington of Numis Securities look at what the future holds for housebuilders.
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Slump in residential land prices hits St Modwen
Regeneration group posts £20m pre-tax loss for first half of year
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'Grim prospects' force closure of Hips provider
HIP Facilities Group and subsidiary HIP Payment Services are closing down due to uncertain political outlook and housing slump
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Minister guarantees flood insurance for homeowners
Mortage lenders welcome agreement between insurers and floods minister Phil Woolas
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Work stops on £200m Leeds tower
Developer KW Linfoot says work will resume on the 55-storey Lumiere when market conditions improve
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Taylor Wimpey seeks private equity rescue
Housebuilder in plans to sell one-third of company; HBF reveals net reservations below zero, Persimmon, Bovis and Redrow reveal scale of redundancies
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Eco-towns under threat as more bidders withdraw
Two developers pull out of schemes and another two consider their options