All coronavirus articles – Page 12
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NewsBromford Group secures £100m development loan
Housing association says money from L G will help fund construction of 12,000 homes
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NewsBerkeley profit falls by a third amid covid disruption
Sales also drop by a quarter as housebuilder says it is ‘too early’ to know the shape of the post-lockdown market
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NewsResi projects eligible for £3.6bn towns funding
Government guidance confirms that housing schemes will be able to benefit from ‘levelling up’ fund
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NewsHouse prices rose 2% in lockdown, claims Rightmove
Property portal reports surge in demand as Knight Frank sees “record” number of offers being accepted
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NewsGleeson turnover to drop 40%
Housebuilder says demand now “recovering strongly” but scale of hit from lockdown revealed
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CommentNow is the time to build the homes that people really want
Demand for bigger homes with gardens means more land needs to be made available
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NewsGovernment should take over cladding risk tower blocks
Select committee calls for the government to increase funding and consider using CPOs where work to repair blocks hasn’t happened
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NewsHousing output dropped 60% in April
First official figures show that house building work fell at fastest rate on record
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CommentCovid should be the catalyst for a more sustainable society
Housing associations need to look beyond their sector and help communities recover from the pandemic
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NewsGovernment paying wages of 1.5m construction workers
Over £4.6bn in government cash paid out so far
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NewsHousing market activity continued to drop in May
Latest RICS survey shows buyer enquiries and prices continuing to fall despite the market reopening
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NewsBellway sales down by two-thirds since lockdown
Housebuilder says sales activity still “severely constrained” despite reopening of market
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NewsEpping Forest sets up commercial developer
Qualis Group will build out council land in the borough, starting with schemes for 400 homes
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NewsRate of housebuilder insolvencies up 80% over the past three years
Vast majority of insolvencies are SMEs according to new data
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NewsSite workers to wear ‘social distance’ wristbands
Regional housebuilder Bewley is to roll out technology which ‘buzzes’ workers that stand too close
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NewsHomebuyers abandon flats in favour of houses
Property search website shows buyer prioritising size and garden space since lockdown
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NewsInadequate UK housing blamed for spread of covid
Lord Kerslake calls for housebuilding package to address overcrowding and ’reunite housing and heath policy’
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NewsHouse prices down just 1.1% from peak
Latest figures from the Halifax show 0.2% month-on-month fall in May
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NewsEstate agent LSL sees post-lockdown sales recovery
Group says sales have recovered to a third below the level seen prior to lockdown