All articles by Carl Brown – Page 49
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House price growth slows but remains in double digits, says Halifax
Market ‘showing signs of cooling’ but lack of supply means growth is still historically high
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Later living giant Anchor appoints new CEO as Ashcroft announces retirement
CFO Sarah Jones promoted to top job
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Notting Hill Genesis boss Davies awarded CBE
Boss of 66,000-home association recognised for services to housing
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Optivo starts more than halve in two years
43,000-home housing association misses development targets as it reveals extent of its housebuilding slowdown
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Lovell hires Berkeley regional MD for new land director role
Morgan Sindall’s partnerships housing arm seeking to boost number and size of mixed-tenure sites
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House price growth slows as mortgage approvals drop to below pre-pandemic levels
Market expected to slow throughout the rest of the year
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Natural England advice ‘overestimates new housing’s impact on nutrient pollution’
HBF urges councils to base nutrient neutrality figures on different criteria to those recommended by Natural England
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Countryside rejects ‘unsolicited’ £1.5bn takeover bid as too low
Board of partnerships housebuilder says offer from US investor Inclusive Capital ‘undervalues’ the business
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Homes England announces October deadline for Help to Buy applications
Earlier-than-expected 31 October cutoff ‘defies logic’, says HBF
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Housing market ‘beginning to soften’ as more sellers cut prices, says Zoopla
Index shows drop in growth figures
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San Francisco-based ESG investor eyes £1.5bn takeover of Countryside
But housebuilder ‘not engaging’ with offer talks, says Inclusive Capital Partners
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Vistry kicks off plan to return £35m to shareholders
Housebuilder starts share buyback programme due to ‘strong balance sheet’
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In Focus
Briefing: how Octopus plans to get its tentacles into affordable housing
Lending giant Octopus Real Estate has acquired a housing association and is looking to invest big in forward purchasing affordable homes. Chief executive Benjamin Davis explains more.
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Octopus hopes to invest £1bn in affordable housing within five years
Real estate investor reveals scale of ambition after acquiring for-profit RP from Suffolk housebuilder
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Troubled Swan in further regulatory standard breach
Noted developing association found to have breached standard over fire safety, asbestos management and water safety.
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Platform builds fewer homes than expected
46,000-home housing association development figure is 22% lower than its original target
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Associations’ development spend 35% below forecast as supply chain issues bite
Planning delays and labour and material shortages hit housing associations’ quarterly development spend, but 38% ‘catch-up’ expected over next 12 months
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Housing minister admits planners are facing resourcing difficulties
Stuart Andrew says garden communities have potential to deliver 320,000 new homes by 2050
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Stonewater promotes insider to new sustainability role as it eyes eco-targets
Housing association in drive for all stock to be at EPC band C by 2030
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Countryside falls to £181.5m loss as fire safety costs hit bottom line
Housebuilder puts £109m aside and sets up standalone division to meet ‘developer pledge’ demands