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Healey doubles council housebuilding spend

Housing minister John Healey has doubled the amount of government spend on council housebuilding in the largest affordable housing programme for nearly two dec…

HCA encourages new entrants into housing through new delivery partner panel

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has announced a new delivery partner panel to help streamline development on publicly-owned land and encourage new entra…

House prices rise 1% - Halifax

House prices rose 1% in December, according to the Halifax house price index.

Persimmon benefits from family housing

Persimmon has announced that forward sales are 40% ahead of a year ago with the strategy of focusing on family housing proving to be “of great benefit” to the …

Mortgage levels hit new high - Bank of England

Mortgage levels have reached a new high, according to Bank of England lending figures.

Zoopla survey sees consumer confidence return

Four out of five UK home owners believe house prices will rise over the next six months, according to Zoopla.co.uk’s latest housing market sentiment survey.

Chief executive chosen for new Skills Funding Agency

Geoff Russell is to be chief executive of the new Skills Funding Agency, set to take over from The Learning Skills Council (LSC) on the adult skills side from …

2009 sees 5.9% house price rise in UK

Goverment announces measures to streamline planning system

Councils are to help developers through the planning process under new rules to streamline the planning system, the government has said.

RICS predicts minor house price rise for 2010

House prices are likely to climb one or two percent in2010, the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has predicted.