Face to Face
SUE WARWICK, Miller’s new north west md, is looking forward to the challenge of expanding the company’s largest division in the face of a tight land market
OFT focus
Catriona Munro and Sarah Hoskins of Maclay Murray & Spens examine the legal implications for housebuilders of the Office of Fair Trading’s imminent industry in…
Rooms for improvement
Sunand Prasad, the new president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), on why housing quality must not be sacrificed in the name of quantity
US sub-prime crisis leads to RBS staff cuts
Royal Bank of Scotland\'s investment banking arm has shed a quarter of its 20-strong structured finance operations team in a cut-down catalysed by the US sub-p…
House price rises slow in July - Land Registry
The Land Registry\'s July house price index shows that house prices in England and Wales increased by just 0.1% during the month - the lowest rate of growth si…
Planning inspectors reject government\'s housing plan
The government\'s planning inspectors have rejected prime minister Gordon Brown\'s plans to build 38,000 new homes a year in the south east.
South east homes targets inadequate - HBF
The Home Builders Federation (HBF) has said that the housebuilding targets recommended by the planning inspectors\' report for the south east are inadequate to…
Consumer Council calls for industry regulation
The National Consumer Council (NCC) has called for a shake-up in the way that the new build housing market is regulated. It claims that consumers have few righ…
Persimmon confident after record results
Persimmon achieved record profits in the first half of 2007 and is confident demand for new housing will continue despite stock market turmoil.
Carbon Challenge shortlist announced
Seven developers have been shortlisted to build 150 zero carbon homes in Bristol, as part of the government’s Carbon Challenge.
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