Residential
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Khan stumps up £250m to buy housing sites
London mayor Sadiq Khan has today announced plans to allocate £250m towards buying and preparing land for new and affordable housing
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WMFG 2017: housing is key issue for West Midlands
LISTEN: Solving the West Midlands housing crisis will allow the new combined authority to demonstrate its competence, says Stella Manzie, Birmingham City Council’s chief executive
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Barratt development sees increase in profit
Housebuilder Barratt Developments has posted a 12.9% increase in profit before tax to £765.1m in the year to 30 June 2017.
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HUB and Smedvig team up for £250m Maidenhead regen
Residential developer HUB has been appointed as development manager for The Landing in Maidenhead by landowners Smedvig.
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McCarty & Stone posts revenue boost
Retirement community developer McCarthy & Stone has posted a 4% rise in total revenues to £660m in the year to 31 August.
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London mayor rejects application to reduce proportion of affordable housing at police HQ site
Plans to modify the number of homes being built on the site of the former headquarters of the Metropolitan Police have been described as simply unacceptable by London mayor Sadiq…
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Record year for Redrow
Housebuilder Redrow had a record year, with revenue up 20% at £1.66bn, pretax profit 26% higher at £315m and completions up 15% at 5,416.
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Housing efficiency targets could include ban on sales of poorly insulated homes
A ban on selling houses with poor insulation would be an effective measure to improve housing efficiency, according to government-funded research by the UK Energy Research Centre.
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TECHTALK RADIO: Why only Google should do Google; the horror of communal barbecues
LISTEN: We hear from major players in two different sectors linked by the same overarching theme – meeting increased occupier demand
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The Collective to accept Bitcoin deposits
The Collective will now allow members to pay deposits for its 550-room Old Oak scheme, west London, in Bitcoins
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Morgan steps down as Redrow executive chairman
Steve Morgan is to step down as chairman of Redrow and take a non-executive role.
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Property sales fuel Cairn Homes profit
Irish housebuilder Cairn Homes has announced a jump in revenue and profit in its half-year results, fuelled by rising residential property sales.