Housing – Page 244
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Hopes of house price recovery dashed
JLL forecast of 14% price fall this year and further fall next defies recent signs of market improvement
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Property experts reject housing optimism
Jones Lang LaSalle says house prices could plunge 14% this year and continue to fall in 2010
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UK GBC examines new funding plan for home improvements
Green group has launched task group to report on practical steps for introduction ‘pay as you save’ mechanism
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Crest turnover to fall by one-third in 2009
Stephen Stone, chief executive of Crest Nicholson, has said the recession will slash turnover by a third in 2009
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UK attacks EU plan to force on-site energy generation
Associations lobby against directive that would force buildings to create their own energy by 2019
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HCA's £100m council home initiative attracts first bidders
Local authorities are lining up to bid for a £100m government scheme to fund 900 council homes
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Seeds of growth: Creative quarter in Barking
The London Thames Gateway Development Corporation has given planning permission for this creative quarter in Barking, including the restoration of granary building
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Boris blasts block
London mayor Boris Johnson has instructed Newham council to reject plans for the redevelopment of Queen’s market
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Level six homes
Metropolitan Housing Partnership has unveiled plans for six homes in Upton, Northamptonshire that will be the first to be built for sale that meet level six of the Code for Sustainable Homes.
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Fall in landbank value
The accounts of 77 housing associations will be hit by drops in the value of their landbanks, says the Tenant Services Authority (TSA)
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Enquiries rise
A survey by the RICS has found 41% more surveyors reported an increase in enquiries in April than a fall
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Brighton on the Wirral
North-west developer Neptune has submitted a planning application for the £60m second phase of its New Brighton development on the Wirral
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The right place to stand on Rugg
One department’s acceptance of many of the Rugg review’s recommendations for private rental housing could help form a build-to-let market, if it gets some help
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Meet the government's new best friends: Victorian refurb
Renovation will play a vital role in meeting the government’s target of an 80% emissions reduction by 2050. And it’s the owner occupier who’ll be doing the work. Two south London residents found out what it takes
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Galliford Try to enter Qatar
Contractor/housebuilder to branch out into Middle East to offset downturn and hopes to start first project this year
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Mayor agrees affordable home targets with 21 London boroughs
Boris Johnson's housing adviser says deal is 'real achievement', but admits not all of 50,000 target will be new build
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Mortgage lending drops 9%
Council of Mortgage Lenders warns it is too early to spot pattern of recovery for housing market
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Mansell wins £18m student housing contract
Two blocks in south-east London will include 102 modular units and 128 traditionally constructed ones
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MJ Gleeson warns of further writedowns in 2009
Housebuilders says there is no sign of improvement in the market and does not expect revenue of second half of year to exceed first half
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A new way of life: Creating a built to let market
Owning your own home is considered the ultimate goal in Britain, but now is an opportunity to create a private rental sector to boost the housing sector and encourage social mobility