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Banking on growth

Oct. 1, 2004

[MMC-IMG=1058-A=Left] Wolsey chairman, Mike Ratcliffe Sourcing finance will often be a major challenge for fledgling, and even experienced, small to medium si…

Hooking up

Oct. 1, 2004

Joint ventures with finance companies are an increasingly attractive way for small to medium-sized housebuilders to fund their schemes. Steve Menary looks at t…

Prince of obstruction

Oct. 1, 2004

[MMC-IMG=1057-A=Left] The Campaign to Protect Rural England is shouting about developers “concreting over the countryside.” But it’s distorting the true pictur…

Building rapport

Oct. 1, 2004

Last month’s second annual Housing Market Intelligence conference attracted more than 200 delegates to hear presentations from many of the leading lights in th…

Every little helps

Oct. 1, 2004

[MMC-IMG=1051-A=Left] In the pipeline: a mixed use development of 250 homes, leisure facilities and a new store in Streatham Tesco is moving into private sect…

Letting the market deliver

Oct. 1, 2004

[MMC-IMG=1050-A=Left] The government is disappointed with the industry’s progress on housing supply, but needs to understand that for the private sector to del…

in the pipeline

Oct. 1, 2004

Developer, Aitch Group, is currently awaiting a planning decision for its housing and commercial scheme in Tower Hamlets. The £10 million redevelopment of a fo…

Regional assemblies to advise on housing

Oct. 1, 2004

Regional assemblies are to be given responsibility for the production of regional housing strategies which advise ministers on local housing needs and the use …