All Housing articles – Page 281

  • News

    Right at home

    2009-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Now that the Conservative party is ambling to victory at the next election victory, it has much more freedom to develop housing policy. Jon Neale looks at what it’s likely to be

  • Green shoots
    News

    Green Shoots

    2009-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Each week ΢Ȧ will ask an expert to analyse the latest evidence of green shoots, and see if it stands up to scrutiny. This week we have Simon Rawlinson, partner in Davis Langdon, on housing

  • News

    Bellway turns to South-east

    2009-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Housebuilder Bellway will ramp up production in south-east England, where it said sales were now “marginally stronger” than other parts of the country

  • News

    Housebuilders creak into action as they run out of unsold stock

    2009-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Firms respond to gradual increase in demand, but long period of convalescence is in store

  • Olympic Stadium
    News

    Olympic bosses to rethink 10,000-home legacy plan

    2009-06-12T00:00:00Z

    Plans for Olympic park after 2012, including conversion of stadium into school, may be altered

  • Sale boards
    News

    House prices on the rise, says government

    2009-06-10T09:24:00Z

    Communities department figures reveal that the average price of a house rose 1.1% during April

  • Homes
    News

    House prices steadying, reports RICS survey

    2009-06-09T08:33:00Z

    Rise in fresh enquiries and lack of new supply means prices have begun to stabilise

  • John Healey
    News

    Brown's reshuffle: how it affects construction

    2009-06-05T17:55:00Z

    Prime Minister restructures Cabinet following disastrous week for government

  • Bellway Homes
    News

    Bellway increases housing delivery in South-east

    2009-06-05T08:32:00Z

    Housebuilder says housing market is stabilising but sees no major increase in demand

  • News

    Recycled windows

    2009-06-05T00:00:00Z

    The UK’s first installation of PVCu windows made from 98% recycled window frames has been completed by Northwards Housing, a social housing company based in Manchester

  • News

    WAG reviews planning

    2009-06-05T00:00:00Z

    The Welsh assembly government has announced a review of the system for submitting planning applications

  • News

    Street lighting

    2009-06-05T00:00:00Z

    DW Windsor has launched the Monaro, a contemporary low-energy luminaire for exterior lighting in urban settings

  • External wall insulation and render systems from Alumasc have been used to bring housing in Doncaster up the government’s decent homes standard
    News

    Outside wall insulation

    2009-06-05T00:00:00Z

    External wall insulation and render systems from Alumasc have been used to bring housing in Doncaster up the government’s decent homes standard

  • Unilin System’s structural insulated roof panels have been used on three carbon-neutral homes in Somerset
    News

    Insulated roof panels

    2009-06-05T00:00:00Z

    Unilin System’s structural insulated roof panels have been used on three carbon-neutral homes in Somerset

  • News

    London homes are sold

    2009-06-05T00:00:00Z

    Only 916 newly built homes are lying empty and unsold in London, according to research from property firm Savills

  • Plans for a £1.5m square in Birmingham have been unveiled by the city council
    News

    A real gem

    2009-06-05T00:00:00Z

    Plans for a £1.5m square in Birmingham have been unveiled by the city council

  • Jeld-Wen, the maker of interior and exterior doors, has supplied Gwynedd council in Wales with 35mm fire doors for the refurbishment of 100 blocks of flats
    News

    Fire doors

    2009-06-05T00:00:00Z

    Jeld-Wen, the maker of interior and exterior doors, has supplied Gwynedd council in Wales with 35mm fire doors for the refurbishment of 100 blocks of flats

  • News

    Patio doors

    2009-06-05T00:00:00Z

    Universal Aluminium Systems has introduced a high performance patio door

  • News

    Density is up

    2009-06-05T00:00:00Z

    In 2008, nearly 80% of dwellings in England were built on previously developed land, with new dwellings built at an average density of 46 dwellings per hectare compared with 44 in 2007.

  • News

    Composite decking

    2009-06-05T00:00:00Z

    Rehau has launched Relazzo, a decking system that combines the natural look and feel of wood with the durability and weather resistance of modern polymers