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OFT to investigate the housebuilding industry

June 22, 2007

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a \"market study\" of the UK housebuilding industry, looking at two key areas: customer satisfaction and housebui…

Communities England consultation launched

June 21, 2007

The department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) has launched a consultation paper outlining its plan to create a single housing a regeneration body, …

CML figures show mortgage lending growth cooling

June 21, 2007

Latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) shows that the last four interest rate rises, which have taken the base rate up by one point o 5.5%, …

CIH members call for \"clearer vision for housing\"

June 19, 2007

Increasing social housing supply and boosting affordability through increasing home ownership initiatives should be top priorities for Gordon Brown, when he ta…

Brown plans monetary policy committee shake-up

June 18, 2007

Chancellor Gordon Brown has announced plans to make changes to the monetary policy committee (MPC), charged with setting interest rates, at his Treasury select…

CBE for David Pretty

June 18, 2007

David Pretty, former Barratt chief executive and chair of the New Homes Marketing Board, has been awarded a CBE in this year\'s Queens\' Birthday honours list,…

New owners set McStone on course for expansion

June 18, 2007

Retirement homebuilder McCarthy & Stone has announced it will double its new homes output by 2012.

NHBC launches housebuilders\' microgeneration guide

June 13, 2007

NHBC has published a guide to microgeneration technologies, aimed at housebuilders looking to meeting new standards contained in the code for sustainable homes…

Annual Constructing Excellence KPIs show productivity up

June 13, 2007

According to latest results of the Housing Forum’s annual Constructing Excellence key performance indicator (KPI) monitoring system, productivity in the housin…

HBF rebuffs claims housebuilders sitting on 14,000 acres of land

June 13, 2007

RTPI accusations that housebuilders are failing to build on 225,000 new homes worth of land with planning permission have been labelled as \"misleading\" by th…