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Housebuilder unveils ‘Foundation 200’ modular home prototype; plans to donate 200 to homeless people
Hill Group has showcased its prototype "Foundation 200" house, 200 of which will be built and donated to homeless people over the next five years.
Former RIBA president’s practice sued over swimming pool design
Jane Duncan Architects is reported to have admitted that it "fell below the standard of a reasonably competent architect" on a private residential project in Hertfordshire, but is contesting the extent …
East Hertfordshire named as the UK’s ‘best place to live’
Strong exam results, high life expectancy, excellent health and happiness scores, and high average earnings helped the area secure the top spot in this year's Halifax Quality of Life survey; London absent…
Twelve reasons why Prime London is ready to rebound
Fund manager-turned-PCL buying agent Fraser Slater explains why 2020 will be a pivotal year for the Prime London property market, with the scene now set for significant increases in both prices and volumes..
‘Fast & productive’ start for Keller Williams in Essex
The Readings and the Quirks have officially launched their "Keller Williams Plus" estate agency business in Essex
Zoopla predicts 3% growth for property prices in UK cities in 2020
The average property price in a UK city has increased by 54% over the last decade; London has seen 74% growth.
Ranked: Which UK property markets have bounced back most from the Global Financial Crisis?
Average property prices in some areas of London are now 89% higher than their pre-crash peak... Other parts of the country are still 38% below 2007's level.
Work starts on Weston’s resi reinvention of Cambridge Military Hospital
A masterplan by Adam Urbanism promises 140 new private-sale homes on an historic site near Aldershot
FT: From the ashes – restoring historic houses after fire
"A blaze need not be the end — even for fragile buildings", writes Jonathan Foyle in this piece for the Financial Times...
Buyer in £35k SDLT fail over ‘grounds’ definition
Couple claimed their £1.5m Hertfordshire property should be classified as mixed-use, and therefore taxed at the lower rate
‘A modest masterpiece’: Stirling Prize goes to energy-efficient council housing project
100-home Passivhaus development in Norwich named Britain's best new building of 2019. “Goldsmith Street is a modest masterpiece," say the 2019 Stirling Prize judges.
The Lady launches training school for household staff
Venerable women's glossy diversifies into training and recruitment at 'Norfolk’s answer to Downton Abbey'