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Building for Life 2008

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CABE calls for entries to Building for Life awards

CABE and the Home Builders Federation are now inviting designers and developers to submit schemes for next years Building for Life awards. The Building for Li…

Housebuilders upbeat on Calcutt Review

The housebuilding industry has broadly welcomed John Calcutt's conclusion that it will be possible to deliver 240,000 homes per year by 2016 to zero-carbon sta…

Government Response to Callcutt Review

Housing Minister Yvette Cooper has welcomed the publication of the Callcutt Review into delivering new housing and announced a major new drive to speed up the …

Agency brings back space standards

English Partnerships will enforce size minimums for housing on its land

New buyers 'fighting back' despite slowdown

02-Nov-2007 Fears that first time buyers have been dissuaded from entering the property market because of uncertainty regarding house prices appear to be unfo…

Poll says FTBs are endangered

The New Homes Marketing Board has dubbed first-time buyers an endangered species. A YouGov poll commissioned by the NHMB found that 80% of consumers are worrie…

PROPERTY INDUSTRY GIVES EVIDENCE ON PLANNING BILL

The British Property Federation (BPF) the Home Builders Federation (HBF) have appeared before a Parliamentary Committee scrutinising the Planning Bill to highl…

Big drop in construction orders puts housing plans at risk

Statistics published last week showing an 8% fall in total construction orders and a 12% decline in the housing sector cast doubt on whether Brown will hit his…

Housebuilders must satisfy customers, says Callcutt review

Review warns failing to satisfy could lead to ban on public funding or bidding for public land