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Industry urged to read and respond on “critical” zero carbon definition

Feb. 1, 2009

NHBC boss Imtiaz Farookhi: particularly important for small builders to engage

Person of the month - DAVID PRETTY

Feb. 1, 2009

Keeping up the fight

Industry can learn from construction mistakes - NHBC

Jan. 30, 2009

The construction industry has been innovative but mistakes have been made with building quality, an NHBC Foundation report has found.

House prices drop 16% over year - Nationwide

Jan. 29, 2009

House prices continue to fall, dropping 1.3% in January and falling 16.6% over the last year, according to the Nationwide house price index.

Government proposes greater freedom for councils to build

Jan. 21, 2009

The government may grant councils more freedom to build homes as part of a consultation that it has published today (January 21).

POS calls for staff redeployment not redundancy

Jan. 21, 2009

The Planning Officers Society has urged local authorities not to make planning staff redundant as its study showed a drop of up to 60% in the number of plannin…

Pretty renews call for national deposit scheme

Jan. 20, 2009

David Pretty, chairman of the New Homes Marketing Board (NHMB), has repeated his call for the government to establish a national home deposit savings scheme fo…

HBF welcomes government moves to improve mortgage supply

Jan. 19, 2009

The Home Builders Federation (HBF) has “wholeheartedly” welcomed the government’s decision to guarantee mortgage backed securities as recommended in the Crosby…