All coronavirus articles – Page 2
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House prices rise at fastest rate for more than 16 years
Nationwide Index shows annual average sales prices rose by 13.4% in June
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Berkeley reports profit boost despite London’s covid hit
Housebuilder grows turnover by 14.7% and says confidence returning in the capital
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Miller profit halves in covid-hit 2020 results
Scottish-based housebuilder sees revenue fall by a fifth to £665m
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In Focus
Denton’s in-tray: the big issues facing Homes England
As Peter Denton is confirmed as the new chief executive of Homes England, we republish this piece from January looking at the triple threats of market uncertainty, fire safety and net zero facing the agency
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House price boom continuing, says Halifax
Mortgage lender says annual inflation at seven year high after 1.3% leap in May
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Sales this year to be highest since financial crisis
More than 1.5 million homes will be sold in 2021, Zoopla predicts
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Construction leaders group floats materials 'rationing' plan
Firms need to fairly share supplies as building boss warns housebuilding likely to be hit first
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Optivo plans to ‘ease’ development growth
G15 housing association saw housing starts fall by a third in pandemic year
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Banks may start to hit mortgage lending limits
Senior Bank of England official issues warning as government reports highest April lending since financial crisis
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UK experiences first double-digit house price growth since credit crunch
Official figures for March show pandemic boom has put more than 10% on cost of a house
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Stewart Milne unveils new ‘post-pandemic’ house types
Aberdeen-based housebuilder says designs will bring in revenue of £550m
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London housing starts sharply down in first quarter
Latest NHBC data finds sector recovered overall but apartment construction also declining
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Barratt raises volume expectations on ‘strong’ trading
Housebuilder’s 2021 completions to be within 1,000 homes of pre-pandemic level
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April house price growth fastest since 2004
Figures from Nationwide show prices rose more than two per cent in the last month
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Persimmon reports sales up by a quarter on 2020
Forward orders are also ahead of pre-pandemic 2019 levels, housebuilder says
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Housing market to moderate following Easter ‘peak’
Zoopla predicts reduction in ‘extreme’ supply-demand imbalance as it reports drop in annual price growth
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CPA forecasts double-digit recovery for housebuilding
But overall housebuilding output to remain below pre-covid level until 2023
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Taylor Wimpey sees rebound in site sales
Update shows strong improvement since chancellor’s budget measures were announced
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CPA latest to warn on materials shortages and spiralling costs
Survey comes after Core Five said housebuilder materials costs escalating by 6.7%
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Merchants warn of worsening materials shortages
Number of products in high demand increases to include host of materials including timber, cement and steel