Exploring such issues as low-carbon homes, the green deal, self-build, different ownership models, empty homes and the overall sustainability of the housing market, Blue & Green Tomorrow’s...
Exploring such issues as low-carbon homes, the green deal, self-build, different ownership models, empty homes and the overall sustainability of the housing market, Blue & Green...
Building societies and other customer-owned lenders and deposit takers, known as mutuals, are continuing to play an active role in a mortgage market that is showing...
A controversial scheme that aims to boost the housing market, by allowing people in England to take out 95% mortgages, will be launched this week, three...
Landis+Gyr is set to supply the majority of the 16 million smart meters British Gas will install in its customer homes. The £600m deal is the...
A new scheme has been launched to help solve the country’s housing shortage by providing cheap loans to the owners of England’s 710,000 empty properties in...
A government consultation on how to transition to zero-carbon homes has been welcomed by the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC). The consultation, Next steps to zero...
“Any other business?” asked Ecology Building Society chair Malcolm Lynch, obligatorily, at the end of the organisation’s annual general meeting (AGM) in Leeds last month. A...
The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better is a book that explores poverty and inequality, targeting the huge social and economic gap between...
The government has said that changes to its planning policy will encourage localism and reduce the bureaucracy involved in converting disused building into new homes, but...
Ecology Building Society has launched an updated version of its C-Change sustainable homes scheme, to offer owners of energy efficient, low-carbon homes discounts on their mortgages....
With Ecobuild 2013 underway at the ExCel in London, Chris Farrell writes about the important role for self-build in ensuring the UK’s housing stock is sustainable...
The green deal, the government’s flagship energy efficiency scheme that promises to “transform Britain’s homes”, launches today. But critics have questioned whether it goes far enough...
Planning minister Nick Boles has suggested that we need to increase the percentage of land under development in the UK by up to 33% over the...