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September 10 HIPs roll-out for three-bed homes

Sept. 6, 2007

Home information packs will be rolled out for three bedroom homes across the country on Monday September 10, following news that adequate numbers of qualified …

Brown appoints Lib Dem to lead rural land use review

Sept. 4, 2007

Gordon Brown has recruited Liberal Democrat Matthew Taylore to look into the issue of rural land use and housing issues.

News analysis - Destination regeneration

Sept. 1, 2007

English Partnerships is out to promote the benefits of investing in regeneration schemes to City institutions. Chris Windle considers the case

City Focus

Sept. 1, 2007

Persimmon is growing its Space4 timber frame business and selling into the social sector on the back of a half-yearly drop in turnover, reports Steve Menary.

Face to Face

Sept. 1, 2007

SUE WARWICK, Miller’s new north west md, is looking forward to the challenge of expanding the company’s largest division in the face of a tight land market

OFT focus

Sept. 1, 2007

Catriona Munro and Sarah Hoskins of Maclay Murray & Spens examine the legal implications for housebuilders of the Office of Fair Trading’s imminent industry in…

Rooms for improvement

Sept. 1, 2007

Sunand Prasad, the new president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), on why housing quality must not be sacrificed in the name of quantity

US sub-prime crisis leads to RBS staff cuts

Aug. 30, 2007

Royal Bank of Scotland\'s investment banking arm has shed a quarter of its 20-strong structured finance operations team in a cut-down catalysed by the US sub-p…

House price rises slow in July - Land Registry

Aug. 30, 2007

The Land Registry\'s July house price index shows that house prices in England and Wales increased by just 0.1% during the month - the lowest rate of growth si…

Planning inspectors reject government\'s housing plan

Aug. 30, 2007

The government\'s planning inspectors have rejected prime minister Gordon Brown\'s plans to build 38,000 new homes a year in the south east.