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New housing board will boost capital\'s delivery

Feb. 7, 2008

A new partnership aimed at speeding up the capital’s £3 billion housing programme has been announced by mayor Ken Livingstone. The partnership will see the new…

Quarter point rate cut welcomed

Feb. 7, 2008

Industry has welcomed the Bank of England’s decision to cut interest rates, although the quarter point cut will need to be followed by further reductions to re…

Development of the Month

Feb. 1, 2008

Steve Menary checks out Tusk’s transformation of a former boutique hotel in London’s Holland Park into a suite of suitably upmarket apartments

Legal - Tax max

Feb. 1, 2008

The community infrastructure levy is the government’s answer to raising funds in a post PGS world. Paul Wootton and James Smith of Eversheds consider the poten…

Design Brief - House style

Feb. 1, 2008

On the Housing Design Awards’ diamond jubilee year, David Birkbeck of Design for Homes reflects on how the awards have mapped the history of the cream of the i…

Towards Zero

Feb. 1, 2008

In the first of our new monthly columns looking at the industry’s progress towards the 2016 zero carbon target, Miller Homes’ procurement directorGarry McDonal…

City focus

Feb. 1, 2008

Latest trading statements and market surveys have squashed City sentiment at present

Packs a punch

Feb. 1, 2008

Home information packs were rolled out across the market last December, just as the slowdown started to bite. Suzie Mayes considers whether the initiative is t…