Plan to promote shared ownership to underpin social housing funding

PHILADELPHIA: A state or privately backed mortgage indemnity guarantee (MIG) would support high loan-to-value (LTV) borrowing in the long term.

This should then give lenders reassurance that this type of lending is low risk. As a result you could open up the market to a Read More »

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Developing an Industrial approach to net-zero retrofitting of housing

INDIANAPOLIS: What if you could change your decades-old house into a modern, comfortable, energy-efficient home in less than ten days without having to move out or pay extra? Does it sound too good to be true? That’s exactly what a consortium of construction companies and Read More »

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Roche more confident in beating Alzheimer’s after Biogen data

OKLAHOMA CITY: Swiss drugmaker Roche has “renewed confidence” that drugs targeting potentially brain-destroying plaque can fight Alzheimer’s disease, following promising results with a product from a rival.

Pharmaceuticals head Daniel O’Day said on Wednesday Roche would look again at prospects for two of its experimental Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

NEW YORK: The two hundred and eighty-second entry for the seniors housing Global Award for 2015 has been received.

The Bader House Memory Care Facility has 24 beds in 24 private rooms.

Located at 3411 Paesano’s Parkway on San Antonio’s far North Central Side, it is Read More »

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