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Further £90 million in planning delivery grant allocated

The final tranche of the government’s 2007/08 planning delivery grant funding, aimed at rewarding local authorities who are improving planning processes, has b…

New housing board will boost capital\'s delivery

A new partnership aimed at speeding up the capital’s £3 billion housing programme has been announced by mayor Ken Livingstone. The partnership will see the new…

Quarter point rate cut welcomed

Industry has welcomed the Bank of England’s decision to cut interest rates, although the quarter point cut will need to be followed by further reductions to re…

Development of the Month

Steve Menary checks out Tusk’s transformation of a former boutique hotel in London’s Holland Park into a suite of suitably upmarket apartments

Legal - Tax max

The community infrastructure levy is the government’s answer to raising funds in a post PGS world. Paul Wootton and James Smith of Eversheds consider the poten…

Design Brief - House style

On the Housing Design Awards’ diamond jubilee year, David Birkbeck of Design for Homes reflects on how the awards have mapped the history of the cream of the i…

Towards Zero

In the first of our new monthly columns looking at the industry’s progress towards the 2016 zero carbon target, Miller Homes’ procurement directorGarry McDonal…

City focus

Latest trading statements and market surveys have squashed City sentiment at present

Packs a punch

Home information packs were rolled out across the market last December, just as the slowdown started to bite. Suzie Mayes considers whether the initiative is t…

New stakeholders join Housebuilder editorial panel