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House sales to stay ‘subdued’, warns Berkeley, as reservations slump
The London-listed firm’s profits lifted for the past half-year despite completing fewer homes.
Housing Executive award contracts worth £252million
The work will include bathroom and kitchen replacements across thousands of properties in Northern Ireland.
How often should you wash your pyjamas?
Laundry experts give us the lowdown on PJ hygiene. By Sam Wylie-Harris.
Starmer accused of ‘flip-flopping’ on housing by blocking pollution rules cut
The Labour leader’s spokesman said ‘there are far better ways to build new homes we desperately need rather than greenlighting water pollution’.
Several homes severely damaged in east London blaze – fire brigade
The fire broke out in Fairfield Road, Bow, on Friday evening.
Housing construction starts up 11.8% in first seven months of 2023
The Department of Housing said 18,546 homes have been commenced in the first seven months of 2023.
A third of English homes at risk of overheating in future, say analysts
Smaller, overcrowded or urban houses are more susceptible to heat and more likely to be inhabited by poorer families, the Resolution Foundation said.
Homes proposal a ‘bid to line Duke of Northumberland’s pockets’, inquiry told
Northumberland Estates says its plans would help provide an income stream for conservation works to Syon House.
Empty council offices could provide 20,000 new homes, say MPs
MPs called for the Government to adopt new standards to ensure homes were fit to live in.
Land value reforms among Labour plans to tackle housing crisis
The plan would introduce reforms of how land is valued under compulsory purchase orders.