All Housing Today articles in May 2020
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CPDCPD 8 2020: Specifying acoustic architectural glazing
This TECHNAL sponsored CPD explains what designers need to consider when specifying architectural glazing packages that involve increasingly demanding acoustic requirements - DEADLINE TO COMPLETE: 31 August 2020
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CPDCPD 7 2020: Building Regs Parts L and F: Planned Changes
This Kingspan-sponsored CPD explains the proposed changes to Parts L and F of the Building Regulations for England and Wales, on energy performance and ventilation - DEADLINE TO COMPLETE: 17 July 2020
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NewsHousebuilding work continued steep decline in May
Reopening of some sites not enough to push sector into expansion, say purchasing managers
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NewsControversial 1,200-home Devon village wins appeal
Robert Jenrick grants permission for Wolborough Barton scheme against local opposition
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NewsIlke in £23m modular homes deal
MMC housebuilder to provide site and houses to association Stonewater
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NewsHomes England loans £300m to London megaprojects
Housing agency agrees funding package to kickstart work at Brent Cross, Silvertown and Barking Riverside
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NewsBrickmaker announces redundancy plans
UK’s largest brickmaker, Ibstock, says it has entered in to consultation with 15% of its workforce due to low demand
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NewsLack of homes for older people prevents vital downsizing
Reports predicts 13m spare rooms in older people’s homes by 2040 due to lack of options to move
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NewsAvanton wins Old Kent Road permission
Developer gets planning for 262 homes on former Carpetright warehouse site
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NewsMortgage lending slumps 80% in April
Number of house purchase loans fell to around half the level seen in the global financial crisis
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NewsLabour calls for inquiry into ‘biased’ Westferry approval
Demand comes as details of meeting between secretary of state and media mogul behind scheme emerge
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NewsHouse price fall steepest in a decade
Nationwide’s figures for May come as 12% say they have put house purchases on hold
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NewsMcCarthy & Stone starts ‘gradual’ return to work
Focus on sales as retirement housebuilder admits it has 1,350 completed unsold homes in stock
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NewsOlympic legacy body grants planning for Fish Island scheme
Plans for 165-home third phase of Peabody and Hill scheme on former Olympic Park approved
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NewsConstruction leaders group calls for Help to Buy extension
Call for extension to December completion cut-off comes as part of construction industry’s post-covid recovery plan
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NewsHousebuilders urge PM to make covid recovery green
Residential developers among 200 business leader to tell Johnson to focus on low-carbon growth
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NewsGLA loans private developer £50m to build quicker
London mayor Sadiq Khan agrees loan to accelerate construction of 2,000 homes by Mount Anvil
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NewsRightmove records ‘busiest day ever’ as housing demand spikes
Website says demand increasing most in rural areas, but sales taking longer to recover
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NewsHuge Cambridge fringe scheme approved
Cherry Hinton development for 1,200 homes gets nod to proceed