5 February, 2013 | By Chris Berkin Property developer Stanhope has today outlined plans for a mixed-use scheme including 1,000 houses at the BBC’s Television Centre site in White City, West London. Continue reading this article – simply subscribe below It takes two minutes to do and you’ll immediately have full access to cnplus.co.uk, plus the Construction News magazine delivered every week. Construction News subscribers: If you are a Construction News subscriber please Read more [...]

View full size This house on St. Mary's Avenue in Rosebank is shown as the top half of the roof leans on the house door. Occupants still live there, despite a violation from the building department. Staten Island Advance/Anthony DePrimo   STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The city Department of Buildings has deemed a two-story Rosebank residence an "immediate hazard" because its roof is touching the wall of the house Read more [...]

The U.S. housing market, entering its busiest season, is tipped so far in favor of sellers that almost a third of listings in areas from Washington, D.C., to Denver and Seattle are under contract in two weeks or less. One home in Washington attracted 168 offers in December and sold for almost twice the asking price. About 70 people lined up last month for a lottery to select buyers for four available houses in a San Ramon, California, subdivision where, in August, bidders Read more [...]