Carl Brown
Carl Brown is head of content at Building, Housing Today and Building Design.
He helps to shape the news, insight and analysis across all three titles.
He has many years of experience writing about the housing development market.
Contact info
- Tel:
- 07947 251 424
- Email:
- carl.brown@assemblemediagroup.co.uk
NewsTopHat reveals £46m loss from factory operations in its penultimate year as it ceases trading
Losses of volumetric housebuilder laid bare in accounts, which also show £28.9m loss in development
NewsHome Group chief commercial officer made redundant just five months into role
Kate Still leaves 56,000-home organization after joining on 5 September last year
NewsRaising HRA threshold could unlock 88,000 new homes, district councils say
DCN says current threshold for setting up a ring-fenced HRA deters local authorities from building
NewsGleeson appoints former Redrow and Barratt manager as group construction director
£345m-turnover housebuilder aiming to increase completions to 3,000 homes a year
NewsHomes England announces near doubling of loan fund for SME housebuilders
‘Lending Alliance’ with Invest & Fund projected to deliver extra 600 homes
NewsNew housing should be permanently exempt from Right to Buy, says CIH
Round-up of sector responses to the government’s Right to Buy reforms consultation, which closed this week
NewsTaylor Wimpey on track to hit expected profit but warns of post-Budget cost increases
Housebuilder expects cost pressure in 2025 as suppliers factor in tax rises announced in Autumn
NewsTwo more local authorities handed low ‘C3’ consumer grades
Newcastle City Council and Nottingham City Council found to have serious failings and told by regulator to improve
NewsLivv Housing Group appoints new director of customer services from Halton Housing Trust
Lisa Olsen joins 13,000-home provider
NewsNearly half of London’s social housing residents have felt stigmatised because of their housing status, new research finds
First-of-its-kind survey by the G15 asks 3,000 tenants about stigma
NewsGreen light for 10,000-home ‘garden town’ near Harlow
Places for People and Taylor Wimpey get go ahead after terms of section 106 deal agreed by East Hertfordshire Council
NewsWatchdog extends probe into seven housebuilders suspected of breaching competition law
CMA collecting further evidence as it extends probe until May
NewsNewcastle City Council plans to visit all 26,000 homes as part of recovery plan
Local authority publishes update on plan to improve after finding 16 regulatory failings
NewsStonewater’s Sue Shirt leaves role following cancer diagnosis
Well-known chief customer officer leaves organisation with immediate effect
NewsMiller Homes appoints housebuilding industry veteran Richard Akers as chair
Former Redrow chair, who has also held positions at Land Securities and Barratt ,takes up role at £1bn-turnover Scottish housebuilder
NewsHAs spend record £8.8bn on repairs and maintenance as regulator warns of weakening financial position
Global accounts shows drop in development, interest cover and cash held as providers face “difficult trade offs” in face of pressure to improve stock
News10-year rent settlement would generate extra £13bn for social landlords over a decade, CIH and Savills find
Decade-long settlement would cumulatively generate £72bn over 30 years for social landlords, compared to £37bn for the government’s proposed five-year arrangement
NewsMTVH changes parent company in move to simplify structure
Credit rating agency Standard & Poors says move to switch parent company ‘better reflects importance’ of Metropolitan side of the business.
NewsBloor Homes reports drop in pre-tax profit and turnover
Britain’s largest privately-owned housebuilder cites “challenging landscape” but sees causes for optimism in government policy