All articles by Carl Brown – Page 13
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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NewsWrekin Housing Group and Housing Plus complete merger
Enlarged 33,000-home provider plans to invest extra £55m into existing homes
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NewsBerkeley CEO joins board of Grosvenor
Rob Perrins becomes non-executive director of property firm’s UK business
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News‘Housing must be central’ – the sector reacts to plans to reform adult social care
Organisations welcome announcement of independent commission and increase to disabled facilities grant funding
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NewsVistry and Miller acquire Huddersfield site for 700 home-development
Blackmoorfoot Road scheme will also include a care home
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News10-year rent settlement could attract £20bn of investment into affordable housing, says BPF
Real estate investors’ body says ministers’ proposed five-year settlement would not support 1.5m homes target
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NewsStonewater increases development but surplus dips
Reduced shared ownership staircasing and increased costs squeeze 40,000-home provider’s operating surplus
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NewsHousing leaders named in New Year’s Honours List
Recipients include FCBS partner and founder of construction diversity group
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NewsCIH Northern Ireland welcomes doubling of communities department’s capital funding budget
£100m earmarked for social housing in draft budget
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NewsMiller Homes agrees deal to buy St Modwen as it eyes 6,000 homes a year
£371m-turnover business set to be snapped up by Scottish housebuilder
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NewsHomes England’s section 106 database welcome but ‘won’t fix fundamental problem’, warn HBF and NHF
MHCLG points to new Homes England database but sector bodies say lack of financial capacity is main factor holding housing associations back from bidding for affordable homes
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NewsMidland Heart ‘on track’ to hit 4,000-home target as it boosts turnover and surplus
Housing association doubles operating surplus
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NewsAbri and Octavia complete merger
Troubled 5,000-home Octavia is now a subsidiary of 55,000-home provider
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NewsGovernance rating downgrades for Moat and Plus Dane in latest batch of regulatory judgements
Regulator of Social Housing issues 59 regulatory judgements
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NewsL&Q appoints new group finance director
Ed Farnsworth will succeed long-serving Waqar Ahmed in January