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Wimpey gets go ahead for 1,400 homes

June 23, 2006

Wimpey is to build 1,400 units on a former Peugeot site in one of its biggest deals of the year.

Crest launch flat pack homes

June 23, 2006

Crest Nicholson has launched a range of flexible \"flat pack\" homes which will be on the market within 18 months.

Housing Corp funding for Persimmon

June 22, 2006

Persimmon has secured £16.53 of Housing Corporation (HC) funding to build 930 affordable houses.

Joined up thinking needed on water regs - HBF

June 22, 2006

The HBF has called for \"joined up thinking\" as the government finalises arrangements for new water regulations.

South east plan plan comes up short on homes

June 20, 2006

South East England Regional Assembly (SEERA) housing targets will fall well short of the regions need according to a government backed report.

Committee calls for government to free up land

June 20, 2006

Councils should use compulsory purchase orders to free up land that housebuilders are not releasing for development says the select committee on the ODPM.

Barratt first to get Housing Corp money

June 20, 2006

Barratt is the first private housebuilder to secure direct funding from the Housing Corporation (HC) to build subsidised affordable homes.

Barratt goes back to school

June 19, 2006

Barratt has taken on nine redundant school sites in west Scotland in one of its largest regeneration projects in recent years.

Housebuilding biggest threat to wildlife says report

June 19, 2006

Development is the greatest threat to the country’s most at risk species says a report by the group that oversees the government’s Biodiversity Action Plan (BA…

Only a 5% chance of market crash says new research

June 19, 2006

Britain has only a one in twenty chance of suffering a house price collapse according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).