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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 maintai…

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 BBC?s c…

A game of risk

Housing minister John Healey says the government is looking at a different kind of housebuilding model (17 July, page 12), "less development-based, and almost …

New housing projects

LONDON: Almost ?1bn is to be spent kick-starting house-building projects that stalled during the recession the housing minister said yesterday. The government…

HCA praises house building industry's response to Kickstart Programme

HCA praises house building industry's response to Kickstart Programme The house building industry?s ?appetite and capacity to develop? has been demonstrated b…

People with electrician training 'may be working on smaller houses'

People with electrician training may find that they are fitting out smaller homes in future. This is because, according to the Home Builders Federation (HBF),…

Builders feel the worst is over

The UK housing market is showing the first signs of an upturn in three years.

House prices on the rise

Property asking prices rose in July marking the fifth monthly rise this year, research showed today. The average asking price in England and Wales increased b…

Property asking prices rise in July

Average property asking prices in England and Wales rose to £227,864 in July, boosting hopes of a resurgence in the housing market, according to new rese…

What's your business plan, Mr Cameron?

If the number of people queueing to get into Bloomberg?s London?s headquarters last Monday morning was anything to go by, the City is desperate to discover wha…