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Housebuilders Throw First Time Buyers a Lifeline

First time buyers are paying the price for Britain’s soaring housing market. With the latest figures revealing the number of first time buyers has collapsed as prices escalate out of their reach, Britain’s ho...

15 Mar 2005

A Cool New Look For The Fridge In Your Life

This is definitely a case of 'why didn't they think of this before?'. A brand new spray paint designed for the fridge, dishwasher or even clothes washer in your life that is in desperate need of a face lift. ...

15 Mar 2005

Degussa Starts New Project House

Degussa AG, Dusseldorf, has started its new Project House Process Intensification. Over the next three years, the company will invest €15 million in researching new process strategies and reactor designs that make p...

15 Mar 2005

Marley Roofing Shines With Solar Energy

Marley Roofing has published its new Solar Roofing System brochure, detailing the benefits and performance of its innovative SolarTile®. With an increased demand for construction solutions that minimise consumptio...

15 Mar 2005

Lennar's New Home: The S&P Top 10

Homebuilder, Lennar, replaces credit-card lender MBNA in the list of S&P's best investment ideas. On Mar. 15, Standard & Poor's Equity Research Group made changes to the S&P Top 10 portfolio -- tho...

15 Mar 2005

Owens Corning Fiber Glass Certified as Industry’s Highest Level of Recycled Content

At the NAHB Green Building Conference at Atlanta, Owens Corning today announced that its line of fiber glass insulation products has been certified to contain an average of 35 percent recycled content by leading third-pa...

15 Mar 2005

Home Builders Remain Confident In March

A modest increase in home mortgage rates over the past month hasn’t dampened builder enthusiasm in the market for new single-family homes, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo H...

15 Mar 2005

Builders Will Have Unprecedented Access To NAHB Green Building Resources Via New HGTVPro Website

The nation’s home builders will benefit from a new Web site providing the most up-to-date information on environmentally-friendly construction technologies and building practices. The Web site, www.HGTVPro.com, ...

15 Mar 2005

Rok Top Company To Work For

Leading property solutions provider Rok is a top place to work according to the Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies to Work For list announced last night in which Rok featured at number 98. Rok, which employs around 1...

15 Mar 2005

NAHB Announces Winners Of 2005 National Green Building Awards

Development projects and advocates that represent the leading edge of green building are among the winners of the 2005 National Green Building Awards. The winners were announced during The National Association of Home Bu...

15 Mar 2005

Official Announcement of the 2006 Candidate for NAHB Vice President and Secretary

Bobby Rayburn, NAHB 2005 Nominations Committee Chairman, announced that Joe Robson of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma has been certified by the Nominations Committee to seek the office of NAHB Vice President and Secretary for the...

15 Mar 2005

Modern Methods of Construction for Housing - HomeBond

The buoyant Irish residential housing market has set new challenges for builders and developers, including finding more efficient methods of construction, meeting tightening performance and environmental standards, and c...

15 Mar 2005

Bovis Homes Preliminary Result

The Board of Bovis Homes Group PLC today announced its preliminary results for 2004. Pre tax profit increased by 18.0% to £145.2 million (2003: £123.0 million) showing a 21% compound annual increase si...

15 Mar 2005

Alcoa A 'Most Mentioned' Brand Among Brazil's Architects

The brand Alcoa was recalled in two categories: doors & windows systems and cladding products. The company, leader in the aluminum extrusion segment in Latin America is innovating with the launching of these produ...

15 Mar 2005

Alcoa’s Alfil Series and R System Surpass The Energy Efficiency Requirements Imposed By The EU

The heat bridge breakdown series Alfil and R System already meet the new energy efficiency requirements for new buildings imposed by the new Construction Technical Code (CTE, in Spanish) whose compliance is mandatory as ...

15 Mar 2005