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Countryside and Millgate merge

March 1, 2014

Countryside Properties and premium housebuilder Millgate Developments have merged following the acquisition of Millgate by Oaktree Capital Management, Countrys…

Strong performances continue

March 1, 2014

Housebuilders are continuing to benefit from an improving market, reporting strong performances.

Tebbit to become RDL md

March 1, 2014

John Tebbit, industry affairs director and deputy ceo of the Construction Products Association (CPA), is to become managing director of Robust Details Ltd (RDL…

White to wake the McStone "sleeping giant"

March 1, 2014

McCarthy & Stone plans to turn itself from a "sleeping giant" back into the wellrespected retirement housebuilder of previous years, the company's chairman…

Housing starts climb 23% in 2013

March 1, 2014

Housing starts climb 23% in 2013 NPPF helps CALA's ambitious growth plans CALA ceo Alan Brown: "There is an underlying strength to the market" Housing starts i…

NPPF helps CALA's ambitious growth plans

March 1, 2014

CALA plans to increase the size of its business by two and a half times in the next four years with the aim of delivering 1,400 units per annum by June 2017.

Pickles to give keynote housing speech

March 1, 2014

Communities secretary Eric Pickles is to make a "significant keynote speech on housing" at HBF's Policy Conference in London on March 25.

New build zero carbon costs halve

March 1, 2014

The extra cost of building a zero carbon home has halved according to a new study from the Zero Carbon Hub.

Persimmon’s profit soars 49%

Feb. 25, 2014

Persimmon’s pre-tax profit in 2013 climbed 49% to £330 million against 2012, reflecting the marked improvement in the housing market.