Front gardens frontline in DEFRA flood prevention move
Government has announced plans to prevent home owners from concreting over their front gardens in a bid to reduce risks of urban flooding.
Mortgage lenders move to pass on rate cut
The nation’s mortgage lenders have pledged to pass on the Bank of England’s quarter point rate cut, which was announced yesterday, in a bid to ease lending con…
Ecotowns plans spark protest
As government plans to this month announce the successful bidders for its new ecotowns across the country – up to 20,000-home zero carbon communities – protest…
HBF chair calls for new measures to stimulate market
HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseley has called for the Treasury to pull together a Budget \"brimming with practical measures to support first time buyers an…
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…
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