All articles by Doug Morrison – Page 2
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Markets
Edinburgh meets affordable housing needs in the middle
Council appoints Cruden Group to develop proportion of homes for “mid-rent”
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Online
Bootle predicts extended period of falling house prices
Leading economist Roger Bootle kicked off Property Week’s RESI 10 event in Newport today with a sober analysis of a house market that is likely to remain fragile for some time.
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Markets
Private-rented sector casts shadow over commercial
Report values private-rented market at £500bn, putting pressure on government to support sector
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News
Luxury flats buy for West Register
RBS distressed assets unit takes in Charters scheme at cut price
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Markets
Hunter gathers backers for new developer de lux
Northacre co-founder has created development company with a very different approach
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Online
Urban Splash cranks up residential development programme
Urban Splash is cranking up its residential development programme once again after receiving a government-financed cash injection of nearly £40m on three of its key schemes.
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Markets
Cowells got property talent
Music mogul Simon Cowell’s brother Nicholas to start Property Week blog. Doug Morrison reports
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Markets
Milton Keynes ‘mega-housing’ starts
Social landlord People for Places begins construction of 2,501 homes at country’s largest residential scheme, Brooklands
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Online
Countryside gets 2,500 homes Cambridge consent
Countryside Properties has won detailed consent for the first phase of housing on the green belt at Glebe Farm, south of Cambridge, in what will become one of the city’s key development sites.
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Online
Countryside Properties appoints new chairman
Countryside Properties has moved to strengthen its board following the death of its founder Alan Cherry in January.
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Markets
Residential rocks with best 2009 returns
Latest Investment Property Databank data show outperformance of residential property compared with commercial
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Markets
OneSearch founder slams councils as ‘anticompetitive’
Park to campaign for “level playing field” for providers of search data
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Online
General Election uncertainty leads to surge in home sellers
Surveyors have recorded the highest level of “vendor activity” since May 2007 – the peak of the market and the month before the introduction of home information packs – the RICS said today.
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Markets
Chichester sets new standard in green, affordable houses
Graylingwell Park will ease town’s carbon footprint and housing shortage
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Online
HCA outlines "exceptional performance" in year-end figures
Sir Bob Kerslake, chief executive of The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) today hailed “an exceptional performance for housing starts and completions” for the group in the year to 31 March, 2010.
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Markets
£37m Poole bridge puts wind in Holes Bay Basin sails
South-west regeneration site progresses after second harbour crossing wins £14.4m government funding
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Online
Renewed call for legislation to protect against letting agents
Rising numbers of complaints by consumers against letting agents has prompted a renewed call for legislation to protect landlords and tenants.
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Online
Boris gives go-ahead to controversial Southall Gas Works plans
London Mayor Boris Johnson yesterday gave the green light to National Grid’s controversial plans to redevelop its Southall Gas Works site in west London into 3,750 homes.
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Markets
Greater guarantees under new code for housebuilders
A new code of practice aims to exclude cowboy builders