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Crowded housebuilder

The housebuilding industry came together at the second annual Housebuilding 2005 exhibition at London’s Business Design Centre in September to share news and p…

10 star night

Winners of 2005 Housebuilding Innovation Awards celebrated their achievements at London’s Savoy Hotel

Modern attitudes

A recent survey of new home buyers on modern methods of construction found that more than a third would actually prefer it and 49% have no real concerns about …

IN THE PIPELINE

South Bedfordshire District Council is currently considering a planning application for the development of 64 apartments at 35a Stanbridge Road, Leighton Buzza…

Market outlook improves

Ongoing market challenges have seen housebuilders turn in interim results reflecting mixed fortunes for the six months to June. Redrow and the Miller Group rep…

Shelter survey rebuffed

Fundraiser seeks industry support for hospice

Sarah O’Grady, property editor of the Daily and Sunday Express, is appealing for housebuilders to support a fundraiser she is heading up in Peterborough on Sat…

Housing Corp changes bid process

The Housing Corporation has made changes to the next stage of the bidding process for its £3.9 billion of affordable housing funding in response to criticism f…

EP will publish new "national standards"

English Partnerships (EP) is drawing up a set of "national standards" that will apply to all new homes built on its sites, in an attempt to pull together the r…

Miliband rebukes nimby critics of housing supply increase plans

Communities minister David Miliband has delivered a feisty speech on the future of housebuilding, focusing on social justice and maintaining the nation’s econo…