News analysis - Destination regeneration
English Partnerships is out to promote the benefits of investing in regeneration schemes to City institutions. Chris Windle considers the case
City Focus
Persimmon is growing its Space4 timber frame business and selling into the social sector on the back of a half-yearly drop in turnover, reports Steve Menary.
Face to Face
SUE WARWICK, Miller’s new north west md, is looking forward to the challenge of expanding the company’s largest division in the face of a tight land market
OFT focus
Catriona Munro and Sarah Hoskins of Maclay Murray & Spens examine the legal implications for housebuilders of the Office of Fair Trading’s imminent industry investigation
Rooms for improvement
Sunand Prasad, the new president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), on why housing quality must not be sacrificed in the name of quantity
US sub-prime crisis leads to RBS staff cuts
Royal Bank of Scotland\'s investment banking arm has shed a quarter of its 20-strong structured finance operations team in a cut-down catalysed by the US sub-prime mortgage sector crunch.
House price rises slow in July - Land Registry
The Land Registry\'s July house price index shows that house prices in England and Wales increased by just 0.1% during the month - the lowest rate of growth since June 2006.
Planning inspectors reject government\'s housing plan
The government\'s planning inspectors have rejected prime minister Gordon Brown\'s plans to build 38,000 new homes a year in the south east.
South east homes targets inadequate - HBF
The Home Builders Federation (HBF) has said that the housebuilding targets recommended by the planning inspectors\' report for the south east are inadequate to meet its housing need.
Consumer Council calls for industry regulation
The National Consumer Council (NCC) has called for a shake-up in the way that the new build housing market is regulated. It claims that consumers have few rights when buying a newly built home, arguing that many people face delays in moving into their new home and \"up to 90% of customers\" have snagging problems such as faulty wiring or ill-fitting doors after moving in.
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