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Halifax predicts further price falls but notes better outlook

May 7, 2009

House prices have fallen once more and will continue to fall, according to Halifax and its house price index.

HCA launches private rented sector initiative

May 5, 2009

The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has invited institutional investors to help develop a new funding model for the private rented sector.

Safe houses

May 1, 2009

Kevin Stanley examines the latest innovations in decontamination and site preparation, and looks at keeping sites secure at a time when sites are on hold and …

Drain pain

May 1, 2009

A recent court case has thrown some light onto the tricky subject of planning, executing and paying for drainageworks. Richard Stokes of CrippsHarriesHall asse…

University challenge

May 1, 2009

Developers looking for imaginative ways of shifting stockmay look to academia for solutions. But, as Peter Stockdale and Heather O’Sullivan of Campbell Hooper …

Brain teaser

May 1, 2009

The challenges facing the housingmarket have attracted unprecedented interest in the sector and some serious thought is being put into how to solve the housing…

Green shoots

May 1, 2009

The proposals have one flaw – sections of the community most engaged in planning will be those groups who most oppose development

BUDGET BITES

May 1, 2009