All coronavirus articles – Page 13
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NewsTaylor Wimpey sales slump by 40%
Housebuilder says it has unfurloughed all staff and is seeing strong demand for homes
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NewsHousebuilding work continued steep decline in May
Reopening of some sites not enough to push sector into expansion, say purchasing managers
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NewsHomes England loans £300m to London megaprojects
Housing agency agrees funding package to kickstart work at Brent Cross, Silvertown and Barking Riverside
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NewsBrickmaker announces redundancy plans
UK’s largest brickmaker, Ibstock, says it has entered in to consultation with 15% of its workforce due to low demand
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NewsLack of homes for older people prevents vital downsizing
Reports predicts 13m spare rooms in older people’s homes by 2040 due to lack of options to move
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NewsMortgage lending slumps 80% in April
Number of house purchase loans fell to around half the level seen in the global financial crisis
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NewsHouse price fall steepest in a decade
Nationwide’s figures for May come as 12% say they have put house purchases on hold
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NewsMcCarthy & Stone starts ‘gradual’ return to work
Focus on sales as retirement housebuilder admits it has 1,350 completed unsold homes in stock
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NewsConstruction leaders group calls for Help to Buy extension
Call for extension to December completion cut-off comes as part of construction industry’s post-covid recovery plan
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NewsGLA loans private developer £50m to build quicker
London mayor Sadiq Khan agrees loan to accelerate construction of 2,000 homes by Mount Anvil
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NewsRightmove records ‘busiest day ever’ as housing demand spikes
Website says demand increasing most in rural areas, but sales taking longer to recover
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NewsImpact Capital plans 2021 start for first project
New modular housebuilder plans to upgrade existing consent for 620-home Romford scheme
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NewsEmployers to start paying part of furloughed workers' wages from September
But firms will have to start paying NI and pension costs from August
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NewsVistry stands by request for subbies to cut prices
Listed housebuilder says no ‘group-wide policy’ but defends Yorkshire office letter threatening subcontractors with loss of work
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NewsBusinesses to pay a fifth of furloughed workers’ wages
Chancellor will today unveil change to job-saving initiative to take effect from August
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NewsA quarter of housing sites have restarted
Exclusive data shows that covid crisis is keeping a third of sites shut despite government pressure to restart work
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NewsCovid recovery plan for construction due next week
Construction Leadership Council heading up initiative
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NewsHomes England invests £61m in Cambridgeshire new town
Urban Civic’s claims 6,500-home Waterbeach scheme the largest project to start since onset of covid pandemic
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NewsTwo-fifths of home movers put plans on hold
Property website Zoopla expects short term demand surge to fall away amid covid hit to the economy