House buyers start to focus on âgreen factorâ
Energy efficiency and environmental standards are becoming an important factor for buyers of new-built homes, a survey for New Homes Marketing Board has found. The âgreen factorâ is now one…
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Scotland ends the right to buy
The right to buy for newly built affordable homes in Scotland will be abolished by the Scottish government. Under a draft housing Bill, the government is also consulting on a…
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Housing associations reject âsubstandardâ homes
Thousands of developersâ surplus new-build homes are being rejected by housing associations because they arenât of a high enough standard. The government set up a national clearing house to help…
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Olympic legacy in doubt
The long-term regeneration legacy of the 2012 Olympic Park in London has been called into question by the London Assembly’s economic development committee. In a progress report the committee concluded…
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Demand for increase in land supply
There will need to be a 67 per cent increase in the amount of land available for new housing if the government is to meet its housing target, according to…
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Country ‘in denial’ over housing supply
According to the latest National Housing Planning and Advice Unit’s survey on housing, attitudes to new housing developments need to change ‘as a matter of urgency’. More than half of…
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New house starts to rise
The latest figures from the National House Building Council show the first quarter-on-quarter rise in applications to start new homes for almost two years. There was a rise in applications…
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Government to miss affordable housing target
The government is likely to break its promise to build 70,000 affordable homes a year by 2010-11 according to its own figures. A Guardian analysis of this week’s pledge to…
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Surveyors provide lower valuations on new builds
Surveyors for Nationwide Building Society have decreased valuations of new-build houses. Some surveyors regularly take a minimum of 10 per cent from the asking price of new builds or they…
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House building numbers slump
The number of private homes built across the country has slumped by almost two-thirds according to the latest figures from National House Building Council (NHBC). The three months from November…