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Green developer gets go ahead on £200m scheme

BioRegional Quintain has been given the go ahead to build one of Britain’s largest zero carbon developments.

It’s official: June 1 HIPS introduction will not be postponed

Despite industry calls for the introduction of home information packs (HIPs) on June 1 to be postponed, the government has today issued regulatory \"clarification\" on the packs, rejecting the delay plea and committing to press ahead with the proposals as planned. The provision of HIPs to all home purchasers will now be mandatory in less than 50 days.

Bank boss says rate rises have slowed market and hints at another

Mervyn King, governor of the Bank of England, has said the UK’s housing market is starting to slow after three interest rate rises in the last eight months.

Communities England boss in place by end of year

New housing delivery agency Communities England will have a chief executive and chairperson in place by the end of the year, said English Partnerships chairwoman Margaret Ford.

Wimpey and Woodrow merge

Taylor Woodrow and George Wimpey have merged to create Britain’s largest housebuilder, Taylor Wimpey.

Budget delivers incentives for low carbon homes

Chancellor Gordon Brown has delivered his final Budget with a raft of business and consumer incentives for low carbon housing.

Government housing targets will fail to meet demand

Government targets to build more than 200,000 new homes a year by 2016 will fall well short of what is needed. This is the conclusion to be drawn from the latest household projection figures, which indicate that 223,000 homes per year are in fact required to plug the growing gap between supply and demand.

Miller Group \"powers ahead\" in 2006

The Miller Group had a bumper year in 2006 as the acquisition of Fairclough contributed to a 44% increase in its housebuilding business’s turnover to £707 million, with a 24% increase in operating profit to £97.1 million and a 41% increase in housing completions to 3,960.

Climate change Bill proposes five-yearly \"carbon budgets\"

The government has today published a draft climate change Bill, which would enshrine in law its plan to reduce the UK’s carbon emissions by 60% by 2050.