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House prices rise 0.5% - Hometrack

House prices in England and Wales rose 0.5% in September, the highest monthly increase seen since May 2007, according to Hometrack’s latest monthly housi…

Gleeson sets sights on 1,000 homes

Gleeson Homes plans to grow its business to 1,000 units a year in the “medium term” after reporting a strong performance for the year ending June 3…

Miller chases growth

Miller Group plans to increase its volumes to more than 2,000 units per annum over the next three years, on the back of an improved performance within its hous…

Conservative ministers hit back at Help to Buy 2 critics

Tweet Print Email Comment Conservative ministers have launched a robust defence of the second part

Boles: affordable homes flexibility needed

Tory Conference: Planning minister Nick Boles today said the affordable housing burden on developers

Construction firms "benefitting" from streamlined planning systems

Construction firms are benefitting from new streamlined planning systems,

Builders demand fewer planning conditions

House builders are complaining about an increase in planning conditions applied to residential consents

Conservative Party Conference 2013: day two as it happened

Follow live coverage of day two of the Conservative Party Conference 2013 - George Osborne

Simpler planning system supporting construction

A significant increase in the number of major residential developments being decided upon