CBE for David Pretty
David Pretty, former Barratt chief executive and chair of the New Homes Marketing Board, has been awarded a CBE in this year\'s Queens\' Birthday honours list, for services to housing and regeneration.
New owners set McStone on course for expansion
Retirement homebuilder McCarthy & Stone has announced it will double its new homes output by 2012.
NHBC launches housebuilders\' microgeneration guide
NHBC has published a guide to microgeneration technologies, aimed at housebuilders looking to meeting new standards contained in the code for sustainable homes.
Annual Constructing Excellence KPIs show productivity up
According to latest results of the Housing Forum’s annual Constructing Excellence key performance indicator (KPI) monitoring system, productivity in the housing sector is on the up. The median production value per employee rose from £47,800 in 2006 to £54,000 in 2007. Project predictability also rose – with the proportion of projects on-cost or better up from 43% last year to 48% in 2007.
HBF rebuffs claims housebuilders sitting on 14,000 acres of land
RTPI accusations that housebuilders are failing to build on 225,000 new homes worth of land with planning permission have been labelled as \"misleading\" by the HBF.
Government figures show house prices still rising
The government’s latest house price figures show house price inflation rising from 10.9% in March to 11.3% in April, with 14% growth in London – up from 13.9%.
Inflation rate eases
Britain’s inflation rate fell to 2.5% in May, following readings of 3.1% in March and 2.8% in April, according to latest consumer price index (CPI) figures from the Office of National Statistics.
CML figures show borrowers increasingly stretched
Mortgagees are increasingly stretched as interest rates continue to rise, with interest payments at a 15-year high, according to latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lengers.
HBF calls on Brown to create housing cabinet minister
The HBF has called on prime minister-to-be Gordon Brown to create a cabinet position for housing.
RTPI brands new housing unit\'s supply crisis summation \"too simple\"
New RTPI has rejected calls by the new government-backed thinktank, the National Housing and Planning Advice Unit (NHPAU), for more land to be released for housing to ease the growing affordability crisis.
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