High marks for housebuilders in customer survey
The industry\'s drive to improve customer satisfaction is having real results, according to the HBF’s industry-wide national new home customer satisfaction sur…
NHBC brands Part L plans \"unworkable\"
The NHBC has expressed disappointment over the government’s plans to delay Part L by just 12 months, calling the situation \"unworkable.\"
PGS is sensible option - Kate Barker
Bank of England economist Kate Barker has spoken out in defence of planning gain supplement proposals, which she first proposed in her 2004 review of the housi…
Miliband calls on industry to help beat nimbies
David Miliband has called for housebuilders to work together with government to win the \"public trust and support\" necessary to boost housing supply.
Lovell reports healthy results
Lovell has reported healthy results for the year ending December 31 2005, contributing to a strong set of results for parent company Morgan Sindall plc.
Part L delay announced
The government has announced a 12 month grace period for developers to meet new Part L thermal insulation standards. But it will only apply to planning applica…
Peter Johnson to retire
George Wimpey chief executive Peter Johnson has announced plans to retire on June 30. Chief executive of Wimpey\'s UK operation, Peter Redfern, has been promot…
Mortgage market rebounds in second half of 2005
Evidence that the market had begun to bouce back in the later half of last year emerged yesterday as Bradford & Bingley and Britannia (B&B) building society re…
Maidstone next in line for Prescott’s homes
Maidstone is set to be the next recipient of affordable homes courtesy of deputy prime minister John Prescott’s Design for Manufacture Competition.
Stampede for Redrow’s affordable homes in Bristol
First time buyers queued for up to eight hours to secure an affordable home before planning permission has been granted on a site in Filton, Bristol.
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