Hi-tech housing of the future is revealed 10:30am Thursday 17th May 2012 in News By Sam McGregor An artist’s impression of the eco town A2 Dominion will build 393 homes packed with eco technology to kickstart a 5,000-home eco settlement at North West Bicester.
WASHINGTON A rebound in groundbreaking for US homes in April suggested the housing market recovery was gaining some traction, even though permits for future building fell. The Commerce Department stated housing starts increased 2.6 per cent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 717,000 units. March’s starts were revised up to a 699,000-unit pace from a previously reported 654,000 unit rate.
(Kevin Lamarque Reuters,…) 9:08 a.m. EST, May 16, 2012|Reuters WASHINGTON – A rebound in groundbreaking for homes in April suggested the housing market recovery was gaining some traction, even though permits for future building fell. The Commerce Department stated housing starts increased 2.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 717,000 units.
Investors had quite a bit of economic data to sift through last week. Housing starts declined by almost 6 percent in March, but building permits – a gauge of future building activity – rose 4.5 percent. It was its highest level in 3 and a half years. Sales of previously owned homes fell 2.6 percent in March highlighting the fragile recovery.
Building permits rose to their highest level in more than three years in March, a signal the housing market will continue its gradual recovery this year. Permits, which provide a gauge for future building, were up 4.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 747,000 in March, the ideal performance since September 2008, the Commerce Department stated Tuesday.
Investors had quite a few economic reports to sift through last week. Housing was a blended bag. New home construction declined by one percent in February, but permits — a gauge of future building activity — jumped more than five percent, their highest level since October, 2008. Sales of previously owned homes fell by almost one percent in February, but the winter selling season was the ideal in 5 years.
A surprising email came to manyWalnut Lane and Grace Street residents on Thursday: Their futurehomes are being demolished. Kevin Meaney, the associate directorof the Office of Residence Life, stated in the email that JMU hasdecided to rebuild these buildings for 2012-13. “The Walnut Lane Flats and GraceStreet Apartments will be demolished in the next few months afterschool is out in order to make room for construction of newhousing,” Meaney said.
January 20, 2012 | Levent OZLERThe Future Homes Commission, chaired by British business leader Sir John Banham, is conducting a major national inquiry into the quality and delivery of newly built housing, and has this day announced a call for evidence, asking the public, housebuilding industry, architects, academia and policy makers to submit their views on the future of housing in Britain.
January 17, 2012 | Levent OZLERThis spring the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) will present a major exhibition entitled “A Place to call Home,” with guest curator Sarah Beeny. The exhibition looks back over the last 250 years of the each day British home – from the first Georgian terraces through to today’s housing developments and flats.
A PARCEL of land is at the centre of a row over where future homes should be built in Basingstoke. Last week, the borough council’s economic and prosperity committee looked into why the 2,000-acre Manydown site to the west of the town had not been included in the borough’s plans for future housing.