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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…

Review team to help get planning process ready for economic upturn announced by Minister

Experts from business, the public and third sectors have been chosen to help review the planning application process to make sure it is ready to support sustai…

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),…

First timers need savings help

Almost 80% of Britons believe the government should encourage first-time homebuyers to start saving regularly by establishing a national deposit savings scheme…

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…

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…

HBF report shows optimism for housing market

The latest survey by the Home Builders Federation (HBF) has found that 60% of housebuilders reported an increase in sales compared to the same period a year ag…

Affordable housing: Where next?

In 2007, when house prices were still soaring, the government promised to build 70,000 affordable homes a year by 2010/11. But the housing prices crash and th…

Builders demand new carbon pledge

House builders have questioned who will pick up the bill for the Government's reiterated pledge for all new homes to be zero carbon by 2016.

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…