Natalia is an experienced trade and consumer property journalist. After stints at Which? Online and a local newspaper, she now works on Show House magazine and Show House online writing news and features specialising in sustainable, business, affordable housing and design issues. She has also freelanced for a wide range of publications including The Daily Mail, Headline Property, Jet to Let and The Italian Magazine.
The media’s money is on Scotland as an investment haven for builders and buyers alike – but is its property market really escaping the credit crunch? Natalia Gameson investigates. More »
Simon Wright Homes is launching a housing association division as part of a plan to beat the credit crunch by selling homes within the public sector. More »
The Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) has announced funding for a £70 million three-year project to raise the skills of the workforce in some of the most disadvantaged areas. This incentive aims to increase the levels of qualifications and literacy, leading more people to find employment and choose to stay in their locality, creating more demand for housing in the area. More »
Transport links proposed by developers in the majority of the eco-towns will not be self-sufficient enough to cope with the likelihood of rising oil prices, says a report from the eco-town challenge panel. More »
At the end of another grueling week for the industry, the overall outlook has not greatly improved, as Bovis Homes becomes the latest housebuilder to announce the job cuts it intends to shortly initiate. More »