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MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR Silver
NEWS 09 News 31 89 95
FEATURES 23
Sustainability News
Affordable Housing News Product News
101 Supplier News 106 Careers 109 Movers and Shakers
REGULARS
16 One to One – James Moody, managing director of Redrow London
67 73 83
Inside Out – Lighting
Product Portfolio – Bathrooms & Showers Marketing & Media – with Cheryl Markosky
35 57 Supply Chain
George Sell chats to Jay Phillips, national sales manager – projects, Hansgrohe
Sustainability
Roger Hunt assesses the benefits of building with brick and block
Australian Builder’s Breakfast
Rupert Bates looks at the main players and the major projects down under
62 Ventis
The Australian home ventilation company looking to freshen up UK properties
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47 Agency Special Estate Agency of the Year Awards
Profile of this year’s big winner, McEwan Fraser Legal, and other news from the event
Special Agent
John Saville, head of spicerhaart land & new homes London
48 Agency News A roundup of the latest stories from the sector
51 Feature
Bridget Cordy examines the changing relationship between housebuilders and agents
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COMMENT 07
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Rupert Bates Time to address an age-old problem
InSite with Keith Osborne
It’s a happy new year for housebuilders and WhatHouse?
Esther Rantzen
Why builiding suitable homes for the older generation could solve wider housing woes
David Smith
The Bank of England goes to battle against boom and bust
90 Simon Graham
Why the housing crisis in London is a wholly different beast
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