The SARAH generation
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in the pipeline
Retirement homes builder McCarthy && Stone has just commenced construction on its site at West Street, Axminster. The development is to provide 43 sheltered fl…
Homes boost wildlife
New homes on farmland will boost local wildlife and improve the environment, English Nature has said in a move that will shock the nimby lobby.
Appeals limit slashed
[MMC-IMG=255-A=Center] A new development of 34 apartments has been released for sale by Try Homes in a striking new scheme in Croydon, Surrey. Innova includes…
Four to corner future housing
In ten years time the housebuilding industry will be like those sectors serving retail customers such as supermarkets, banks, brewers and electricity suppliers…
Approvals slow by seven weeks in 2001-02
Planning approvals for new homes took on average seven weeks longer in 2002 than they did in 2001 - a startling 30% increase in waiting time for housebuilders.
Construction deaths continue to fall
Seventy-one workers were killed in the construction industry last year, the second lowest figure recorded, dropping from 80 the year before and 105 in 2000-200…
Changing attitudes
HBF, in its submission to the Barker Review, has called for a change in the negative attitudes towards housebuilding. “Ultimately, the key to solving housing u…
Land banks are a necessity - Barker
Kate Barker, the Bank of England economist charged with investigating housing undersupply, has accepted the need for housebuilders to hold realistic land banks…
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