Housing – Page 237
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Land values rising
Residential land value is stabilising after a period of dramatic falls, according to property agent Knight Frank
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Mortgage lending rises £1.8bn
The Council of Mortgage Lenders said the amount of money borrowed by home buyers rose £1.8bn between May and June, but was only half what it was a year ago
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Birmingham council to rationalise
Birmingham council is to borrow £51m to upgrade and rationalise its offices
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HCA to fund energy links
The Homes and Communities Agency will put £12m into connecting housing schemes to low carbon energy plants
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Housing taskforce established
A think tank has set up a taskforce to work on strategies to break the boom and bust cycles in the housing market
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Who will deliver the eco-towns?
The government is breathing life into eco-towns, but the past 18 months have been profoundly discouraging for the private sector
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160,000 refurbs delayed to pay for new-build pledge
Prime minister’s £1.5bn new homes fund sucks money from refurbishment and infrastructure schemes
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The Belgian Reformation
Manchester architect Re|form has been shortlisted to redesign part of a Belgian town
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Mortgages up 15% in June
Rise means mortgage lending is 47% higher than last year during depths of credit crunch
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Home starts hit one-year high
Despite overall rise, NHBC figures show private sector starts down 36% on a year ago
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Elephant back on track as Lend Lease renews deal
Lapsed agreement with Southwark council is revived for redevelopment of Elephant and Castle estate
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Mortgage lending jumps 17% in a month
But lenders attribute strong rise between May and June largely to seasonal factors
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Housing market shows bounce in asking prices
Hopes of recovery boosted as Rightmove reports 0.6% rise in July, ending June's brief return to decline
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Government pledges £1.7bn to housing PFI
Housing minister announces £430m for 1,400 HCA homes
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Reinventing the building society
Local authorities need cash to build houses; savers need somewhere to invest their cash. So, asks Kathleen Dunmore, why not get the two together?
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Healey pledges new cash and ideas to kickstart housing
New minister lines up £1.7bn for PFI homes and promises thoroughgoing rethink of housebuilders’ business model
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Planning permission to depend on training
New government scheme threatens developers with planning refusal unless they commit to using apprentices
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Fruitless: Make's Cherry Orchard faces planning refusal
Croydon council officials frown on architect’s application for Menta's £500m Cherry Orchard Road regeneration scheme
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Government’s bid to boost mortgages ‘is not working’
Committee of MPs hits out at policy ‘failure’ on flagship housing market revival scheme