Room to breed: Spacious new homes designed for families are back in fashion
Property booms don't always mean better housing. In fact, when the market was rocketing, the standard of new homes plummeted almost in equal measure as develop…
Man of the house
John Healey is the latest in a long line of Labour housing ministers and he plans to stay in the job long enough to solve Britains housing problems It is a bi…
Going public for business opportunities
In these straitened economic times, Ian Bradley shares his thoughts on the significant opportunities for the building-services industry. Hugh Pym, the BBCs chi…
HCA chief backs New Homes Week
HCA chief backs New Homes Week The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has given its backing to New Homes Week and reaffirmed its commitment to helping maintain…
Stalled housing projects take off
Building work stalled by the recession is to restart on 740 homes in 10 locations, the first fruits of a government scheme to stimulate housebuilding by fundin…
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