All coronavirus articles – Page 10
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Industry awaits Sunak statement on stamp duty holiday
Chancellor’s economic statement today will confirm £3bn for green home upgrades
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Government planning reforms ‘bypass democracy’, says Labour
Shadow housing secretary Thangam Debbonaire brands expansion of permitted development “astonishing”
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Khan calls for £5bn London housing bailout
Mayor Sadiq Khan says money needed to ‘flip’ unsold new homes into affordable housing
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Government meets RICS to sort market hiatus over fire safety form
Fire minister held talks over the reluctance of fire engineers to sign RICS’ EWS1 form required by mortgage lenders
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Chancellor announces £50m social housing retrofit programme
Announcement part of Rishi Sunak’s £3bn green jobs fund
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Thousands of new homes sales at risk from Help to Buy cut-off
Home Builders’ Federation claims 18,400 sales will fall unless government extends support scheme
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Housing leads rebound in construction output in June
Latest purchasing managers’ index shows most widespread growth in activity in five years
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Housebuilder shares soar on reports of stamp duty cut
Reports suggests chancellor Rishi Sunak will quadruple existing tax threshold to £500k
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Completions at Barratt slump by 30%
UK’s largest housebuilder reveals covid impact in end of year trading update
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Government extends £9bn affordable housing programme
Housing associations given another year to start work on schemes following covid crisis
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Don’t be fooled by house price optimism
Prices are being buoyed by low interest rates, quantatitive easing and state support for jobs and services. But can it last?
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Row over PM’s ‘newt counters’ tirade against planning
Professional institute hits out at Boris Johnson’s promise of radical reform of planning
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Modular builder claims ‘no delay’ to delivery of schemes in lockdown
Tide Construction says on time delivery of current 2,500 home programme shows resilience of MMC
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HAs must submit business plan in September
Regulators tells associations to quickly work out capital spend programme including new home development
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Heseltine brands PM’s recovery strategy ‘deeply disappointing’
Former Conservative deputy PM adds voice to critics of Johnson’s “build, build, build” speech
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The impact of covid-19 on viability
The pandemic is likely to disrupt land cost, build cost, development value and margin. What does that mean for supply?
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Nationwide records first annual price fall for 12 years
House prices fall 1.4% in June according to latest figures
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Covid crisis to prompt surge in MMC uptake
Savills predicts usage of MMC in homes will rise from around 8% to 20% in ten years
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Government insists it has not cut affordable housing funding
Housing ministry issues clarification after Johnson speech sparks fears of funding cut
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Prime minister aims to rip up post-war planning system
Johnson reveals a series of reforms as part of covid recovery plan, but says “radical” reform package due in July