Social housing swallows infrastructure spend
As the government prioritises its spending, across the country infrastructure schemes are being put on hold as the dwindling pot is shifted into social housing…
Builders urge lenders to ease criteria
Homebuilders have called on banks and building societies to ease criteria on mortgages for new-build properties.
Leaked letter warns Tories to delay property developments
Conservative MPs and councils have been advised to delay major commercial and developments until a Tory administration gets into power, according to a letter f…
Heron Tower restart signals housing sector upturn
Work is set to restart on a 35-storey residential tower in the City of London as signs start to emerge that confidence is returning to the private housing mark…
Builders fear rising prices of 'green' homes
The cost of new-build homes is set to rise by an average of ?7,000 from next spring, when government energy efficiency regulations are due to come into force. …
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 hous
Builders ask lenders to ease criteria for new homes
Homebuilders have called on banks and building societies to ease criteria on mortgages for new-build properties. John Stewart, the director of economic affair…
How to defuse a time bomb
Central and local government must do something to stimulate housing output or we face a nationwide shortage. John Stewart has some suggestions
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…
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