Housing – Page 328
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Rebuilding estates ‘too costly’ says LSE report
Knocking down council estates is not a cost-effective way of dealing with poor neighbourhoods’ social problems, a government review of social housing has concluded.
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Private companies takes responsibility for householders' sewers
Defra transfers liability for private sewage and lateral drains
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Bid speculation mounts as Ben Bailey considers ‘strategic options’
Housebuilder’s share price has risen 11% since last Thursday triggering bid rumours
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US housing downturn hammers George Wimpey
Housebuilder profit falls 15% after weakness in US housing results in £60m write down
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Profit slip at Taylor Woodrow
Housebuilder and contractor will focus on improving UK housing business after operating profit in UK falls 5%
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Interest rate rise puts brakes on house prices
Rightmove reports lowest February increase for at least five years following January increase in interest rates
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Kelly to toughen standards in private rented sector
But critics argue that the introduction of a ‘level playing field’ could put off many investors
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Spending watchdog probes housebuilders’ performance
National Audit Office examines why industry is still falling short of output targets
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Planning applications: January 2007
This month Thornfield Properties is the biggest client and the South-east and London had the most projects
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Bouygues out of race for Lambeth PFI scheme
Bouygues has been squeezed off the shortlist for the capital’s most hotly contested PFI housing scheme.
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Crest wins showpiece zero carbon scheme in Docklands
Ken Livingstone hands Crest Nicholson consortium a showpiece zero carbon scheme at Gallion's Reach in London's Docklands
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House prices now over £200,000
Price of average house in UK is £201,090 according to latest figures from DCLG
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Cabe reveals worst housing designers
Bellway comes bottom of Cabe's list which judges the quality of housing designs among the top ten housebuilders
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Broadway Malyan to design rest of Greenwich village
Architect has been picked to tackle 1,650 homes in exemplar millennium community
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Blowing in the wind
The Joseph Rowntree Trust’s pioneering development – the pre-fabricated city-centre apartments for single people at affordable rents (CASPAR) housing scheme in Leeds – will be demolished.
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Cabe reveals worst housing designers
Out of Britain’s top 10 volume housebuilders, Bellway Homes is the company with the poorest designed schemes and Berkeley Group is the company with the best, according to an audit by Cabe
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Barratt uses £2.2bn deal to reinvent its brand
Company becomes Britain’s biggest housebuilder after Britain’s biggest housebuilding takeover, and in the process moves upmarket and enters the FTSE 100
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What the Barratt deal means for the sector
Barratt’s purchase of Wilson Bowden enables it to regain the crown of Britain’s biggest housebuilder, which it lost last year to Persimmon.
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Buschow’s Hemel breakthrough
After a long battle, Buschow Henley has succeeded in securing planning permission for 56 affordable and shared ownership flats in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.
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Galliford Try buys Linden Homes for £244.5m
Galliford Try's housing business will operate under Linden Homes banner as takeover propels group into housebuilder top ten