http://www.cnplus.co.uk/rss/housing_rss.xml All the latest stories on housing. en-uk House prices fell in September at their sharpest rate for more than 25 years according to HBOS’ latest Halifax house price index. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/biggest_fall_in_house_prices_for_25_years.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/biggest_fall_in_house_prices_for_25_years.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A Nick Whitten 09 October 2008 12:39 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/j05_ik_resized_70_tcm18-1518484.JPG Scottish house builders have given a cautious welcome to yesterday’s Government announcement that £9 million of a £100 million affordable housing package would be brought forward to help alleviate problems in the sector. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/new_govt_funds_just_first_small_step_say_scottish_builders.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/new_govt_funds_just_first_small_step_say_scottish_builders.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A Rhiannon Hoyle 08 October 2008 11:19 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/house_building_generic_lg_resized_70_tcm18-166305.jpg House builders were the big winners on the stock market this morning with all the major publicly listed firms seeing their share price rise by midday. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/share_watch_house_builders_big_winners_this_morning.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/share_watch_house_builders_big_winners_this_morning.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A Nick Whitten 08 October 2008 12:24 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/share_watch_resized_70_tcm18-1889414.jpg Government funding of £9 million has been brought forward to help the struggling housebuilding industry in Scotland. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/scottish_govt_puts_9m_boost_into_housing_market.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/scottish_govt_puts_9m_boost_into_housing_market.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A Rhiannon Hoyle 07 October 2008 11:25 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/scotland_resized_70_tcm18-196799.jpg Seven-time world champion Formula One driver Michael Schumacher may soon have a 60-storey residential tower dedicated to him, if plans by Emirates developers Marasi and PNYG go ahead. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/michael_schumacher_gets_his_own_highrise_tower.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/michael_schumacher_gets_his_own_highrise_tower.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A Rhiannon Hoyle 07 October 2008 16:41 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/michael%20schumacher%20cropped_resized_70_tcm18-1890110.jpg Norwich City Council has approved the £50 million redevelopment of Duke’s Wharf in the town centre. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/norwich_clears_50m_development.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/norwich_clears_50m_development.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A Simon Ellery 07 October 2008 10:31 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/eastofengland_resized_70_tcm18-195900.jpg The Government’s housing target of two million new homes by 2016 is looking further out of reach, says the latest RICS UK Construction Market Survey. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/new_homes_well_below_target_says_rics.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/new_homes_well_below_target_says_rics.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A Nick Whitten 06 October 2008 12:21 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/arrow_crashed_resized_70_tcm18-1711358.jpg Property services firm Apollo Property Services Group has won contracts to improve public sector facilities in and around London and the South East worth £46.6 million. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/apollo_scoops_46m_of_refurb_work.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/apollo_scoops_46m_of_refurb_work.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A Simon Ellery 06 October 2008 11:57 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/signature_resized_70_tcm18-850536.jpg Troubled house builder Taylor Wimpey has revealed it is still in discussions about securing new debt facilities with its banks. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/taylor_wimpey_still_in_talks_over_debt_restructure.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/taylor_wimpey_still_in_talks_over_debt_restructure.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A Nick Whitten 03 October 2008 09:34 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/taylor_wimpey_resized_70_tcm18-1886659.jpg London Mayor Boris Johnson has strengthened the housing expertise working to ensure that thousands of homes will be left in the wake of the 2012 London Olympics. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/housing_chief_to_advise_boris_on_olympics_legacy.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/housing_chief_to_advise_boris_on_olympics_legacy.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A Simon Ellery 03 October 2008 12:22 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/BOB_KERSLAKE_resized_70_tcm18-372972.jpg Fears are growing that HM Revenue & Customs is poised to take a tough stance on reclaiming VAT from builders that rent new homes previously earmarked for sale. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/builders_renting_new_homes_face_vat_sting.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/builders_renting_new_homes_face_vat_sting.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A Simon Ellery 03 October 2008 10:16 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/Alex%20OConnor_resized_70_tcm18-1883739.jpg Optimal Design and Build has won an award for restoring eight derelict homes in Glastonbury through as empty property initiative by Mendip District Council. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/optimal_design_and_build_secures_contract_for_derelict_homes_revamp.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/optimal_design_and_build_secures_contract_for_derelict_homes_revamp.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A Simon Ellery 02 October 2008 11:58 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/southwest_resized_70_tcm18-196455.jpg New construction orders in the three months to August fell by 15 per cent compared with the previous three month period according to Office of National Statistics figures. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/new_construction_orders_drop_by_15pc.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/new_construction_orders_drop_by_15pc.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A Nick Whitten 02 October 2008 11:50 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/graphgoingdown_resized_70_tcm18-219421.jpg House builders in Scotland need more support from the UK Government to raise consumer confidence, according to Scottish communities minister Stewart Maxwell. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/scotlands_plea_for_housing_help.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/scotlands_plea_for_housing_help.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A Andrea Klettner 01 October 2008 09:19 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/house_building_generic_lg_resized_70_tcm18-166305.jpg A new strategy to direct long-term housing and economic growth in the North-west, including the development of 413,000 new homes, has been announced by Government. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/govt_wants_23111_new_homes_a_year_in_northwest.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/10/govt_wants_23111_new_homes_a_year_in_northwest.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A Rhiannon Hoyle 01 October 2008 11:08 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/northwest_resized_70_tcm18-691651.jpg House builders are to set up a code of conduct and a redress scheme for dissatisfied customers following an industry inquiry by the competition watchdog. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/house_builders_to_set_up_code_of_conduct_following_oft_inquiry.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/house_builders_to_set_up_code_of_conduct_following_oft_inquiry.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A Rhiannon Hoyle 25 September 2008 09:19 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/John_Fingleton_cropped_resized_70_tcm18-1156089.jpg The OFT has cleared major house builders of inflating prices stating that it found no evidence that housebuilders have the ability to anti-competitively hoard land with planning permission on which they have not started to build. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/housebuilders_cleared_in_oft_house_pricing_probe.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/housebuilders_cleared_in_oft_house_pricing_probe.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A Myles Burke 25 September 2008 09:14 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/law_hammer_resized_70_tcm18-1738099.jpg Civil engineering is holding up against the economic downturn in Wales and smaller house builders are doing well in social housing, according to industrial bodies. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/outlook_healthy_in_wales_despite_downturn.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/outlook_healthy_in_wales_despite_downturn.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A Simon Ellery 23 September 2008 15:55 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/s25_reg_St_David%27s_2_resized_70_tcm18-1868220.JPG Housing minister Caroline Flint revealed today that she had come under pressure to scrap the Government’s target to build three million homes by 2020. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/caroline_flint_denies_defeat_over_govt_homes_target.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/caroline_flint_denies_defeat_over_govt_homes_target.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A Simon Ellery 23 September 2008 14:53 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/caroline_flint_gnn_resized_70_tcm18-1530740.jpg Housing associations in Wales are to be given new freedoms designed to boost supply as the Welsh Assembly Government gears up to re-introduce the Homebuy scheme. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/welsh_assembly_plans_to_relaunch_homebuy_scheme.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/welsh_assembly_plans_to_relaunch_homebuy_scheme.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A Simon Ellery 23 September 2008 11:53 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/plans_resized_70_tcm18-209260.jpg House prices continued their downward spiral during September with the Government's stamp duty initiative appearing to have little impact on the market, figures showed today. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/house_prices_continue_downward_spiral.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/house_prices_continue_downward_spiral.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A 23 September 2008 08:51 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/j10%20for%20sale_resized_70_tcm18-457223.jpg The Government will miss its 2020 house building target by up to nine years unless ministers further intervene in the property market, it was warned today. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/housing_targets_wont_be_hit_til_2029_says_nhf.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/housing_targets_wont_be_hit_til_2029_says_nhf.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A Rhiannon Hoyle 19 September 2008 09:43 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/j05_ik_resized_70_tcm18-1518484.JPG House builders are resorting to renting out properties they are unable to sell because of the slowdown in the residential market, the Bank of England has said. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/house_builders_renting_unsold_homes_to_increase_cashflow.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/house_builders_renting_unsold_homes_to_increase_cashflow.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A Rhiannon Hoyle 18 September 2008 10:03 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/green_house_cropped_resized_70_tcm18-1567625.jpg Kier’s varied business model has helped it overcome the blow of its housebuilding division diving into the red, to finish the year with pre-tax profits of £63 million. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/kier_profits_hit_by_housing_turbulence.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/kier_profits_hit_by_housing_turbulence.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A Nick Whitten 18 September 2008 10:12 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/JohnDodds_resized_70_tcm18-821445.jpg Taylor Wimpey’s £74 million sale of its contracting arm Taylor Woodrow was a cut-price deal to get much needed cash on its books, according to construction analysts. http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/vinci_got_taylor_woodrow_in_priced_to_go_negotiation.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/News/2008/09/vinci_got_taylor_woodrow_in_priced_to_go_negotiation.html;jsessionid=2F389362FBA2AD9A26C8700E67783F0A Nick Whitten 18 September 2008 09:28 http://www.cnplus.co.uk:80/images/vinci_plc_logo_resized_70_tcm18-946000.jpg