All articles by Doug Morrison – Page 4
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Markets
Hewson attracted to green, green class of homes
Former Grantchester director tells Doug Morrison why he is backing luxury developer Morpheus Nick Hewson, the serial entrepreneur and former Grantchester director, has turned his attention to luxury residential development by joining forces with Morpheus, the Knightsbridge-based company
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Strickland offers Core values as new Peabody chair
The head of City office developer Core is to bring his commercial nous to the social housing group
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Markets
Housebuilders to bank on land, rather than new starts
Market predictions for 2010 remain gloomy, despite RICS optimism
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News
Electioneering ‘fresh thinking’ is too little too late
At the start of his speech to the Fabian Society, housing minister John Healey declared himself “puzzled that housing and planning are so low on the political agenda these days”. It’s something he might equally raise at the next Cabinet meeting
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Markets
Urban Splash makes wave over decade
The residential developer pioneered city living and now aims to perk up suburbs
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Online
McCabe returns to mainstream resi
Kevin McCabe’s Scarborough Group has returned to the mainstream residential sector with the acquisition of Milliners Wharf, a newly built apartment block in New Islington, Manchester.
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Markets
Student accommodation comes of age
Property Week and Unite’s student accommodation conference highlights supply-demand imbalance
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Markets
Guernsey operation offers timeshare with buy-to-let twist
Safe Haven investment vehicle combines sun-belt villas with northern flats
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Markets
Berkeley’s MD is in ‘buy’ mode
Rob Perrins is spearheading a London land grab in anticipation of the next cycle
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Online
Telford posts healthy profits
Telford Homes today posted healthy pre-tax profits of £6.5m – up from £300,000 – for the six months to 30 September 2009, prompting the Aim-quoted developer to reinstate an interim payment of 0.75p per share.
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Markets
Home truths: Doug Morrison
Rush to Kickstart housing targets could be kick in teeth for design
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Markets
London trials affordable housing devolution
Mayor approves pilot to give local authorities residential development powers
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Online
Housing development rising says National House Building Council
Housing development is on the up, according to official data, but output still lags well behind the supply levels of the boom years.
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Markets
Price recovery false dawn, warn experts
Predictions of a housing bubble abound as prices rise 3.1% over quarter
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Markets
Empty Kent property for sale, free architect included
Scheme aims to encourage people to undertake renovation work
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Markets
Boris’s ambitious targets come home to roost
Research reveals true cost of London mayor’s housing design plans
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Markets
£200m new St John’s Wood scheme
Eyre Estate submits planning application for 5 acre barracks
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Online
HCA reports "strong delivery" in tough climate in full year report
More than 53,000 new homes and £3.9bn of investment were the key targets achieved by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) in the year to 31 March, 2009.