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Green developer gets go ahead on £200m scheme

March 30, 2007

BioRegional Quintain has been given the go ahead to build one of Britain’s largest zero carbon developments.

It’s official: June 1 HIPS introduction will not be postponed

March 29, 2007

Despite industry calls for the introduction of home information packs (HIPs) on June 1 to be postponed, the government has today issued regulatory \"clarificat…

Bank boss says rate rises have slowed market and hints at another

March 28, 2007

Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, has said the UK’s housing market is starting to slow after three interest rate rises in the last eight months.

Communities England boss in place by end of year

March 28, 2007

New housing delivery agency Communities England will have a chief executive and chairperson in place by the end of the year, said English Partnerships chairwom…

Wimpey and Woodrow merge

March 26, 2007

Taylor Woodrow and George Wimpey have merged to create Britain’s largest housebuilder, Taylor Wimpey.

Budget delivers incentives for low carbon homes

March 21, 2007

Chancellor Gordon Brown has delivered his final Budget with a raft of business and consumer incentives for low carbon housing.

Government housing targets will fail to meet demand

March 16, 2007

Government targets to build more than 200,000 new homes a year by 2016 will fall well short of what is needed. This is the conclusion to be drawn from the late…