Bovis reports £3.5m half year profit

Margin call

House builder posts revenue increase

House builder Redrow will not pay a dividend to its shareholders despite an improved financial performance in the second half of 2011.

House builder in profit surge

A house builder has reported a significant rise in turnover and profit for 2011.

House builder to develop 446 FirstBuy homes

House builder Bovis homes has received government funding to build 446 homes under the FirstBuy scheme for first time buyers.

Bovis profits double as construction costs fall

Bovis Homes has seen its profit more than double over the first six months of 2011 on the back of increased margins and lower construction costs.

Doing it themselves

Help is at hand for low-income tenants keen to follow the Highland tradition of self-building. Clare Harris reports

Casting the net for a home

A website aimed solely at local housing allowance claimants is helping people find homes. Lydia Stockdale logs on

The get out of jail free card

Associations that enter into leases with councils must beware as authorities have a get-out clause, says Jacqueline Knox, director at Wragge & Co

Solving the land puzzle

If organisations share buildings the leftover sites can be pieced together for development, says Alan Stokes

The big freeze

Kicking off our chief executive salaries special, Inside Housing’s annual survey reveals the economic downturn has put most pay on ice. Lydia Stockdale reports