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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…

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…

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…

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. …

New homes 'to cost £7,000 more due to new green laws'

The cost of a new home could rise by an average of £7,000 from next year because of the government's new environmental laws, the Home Builders Federation…

Construction jobs to gain from £10m scheme

The UK government?s Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has announced plans to inject ?10m of funding into stalled housing projects across the country. The aim …

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 Britain?s housing problems ?It is …

Million home backlog expected by 2010

Housing production has hit an 80 year low and could take seven years to recover. The shortfall in new homes for 2009 could fill a city the size of Nottingham,…

John Cridland speech to Home Builders Federation

'If as I believe we have a small economic launch pad for growth then the budget needs to provide a boost to business