All development articles – Page 4
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Comment
Will 2024 bring transformational change for the housing sector?
A general election amid a rise in off-balance sheet funding models, joint ventures and a more nuanced role for MMC – Richard Jones looks at what 2024 may hold for housing
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News
Two more student housing schemes submitted for planning
Birmingham and Manchester schemes to see the construction of nearly 1,800 student rooms
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News
Plans submitted for 35-storey tower in Leeds
Proposal to deliver 1,100-unit student accommodation block tower and refurbish1 960s Merrion Centre office block
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In Focus
What happens to housing development plans when a council goes ‘bankrupt’?
When a section 114 ‘bankruptcy’ notice is put in place, a council’s non-statutory services are restricted and housebuilding ’goes to the back of the queue’. Yet the growing number of councils in this situation are finding ways to carry on building.
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News
EPC numbers fall 8% indicating drop in housing supply
Early indicator of housing development trends suggests fall in activity this summer
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News
Mortgage guarantee extension ‘wouldn’t make much difference’, says market expert
Soaring interest rates mean a scheme to reduce deposits will have less impact on mortgage affordability than previously, says Simon Rawlinson
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News
Countryside and L&Q submit plans for 3,500-home scheme in Essex
The proposed joint venture scheme will deliver an additional 3,500 homes as part of the Chelmsford Garden community masterplan
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Apache secures funding deal to back suburban build-to-rent venture
Joint venture with Nuveen Real Estate for single family BTR to begin with 373-home scheme in Cambridge
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Anchor insists it is on track with development despite missing targets
Older people’s housing specialist delivers just 17% of homes targeted in 2022/23 financial year
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News
Pocket Living records fourth consecutive loss
London-focused developer of affordable private homes records £13.9m loss
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News
Owner of 1,525-home Cavalry Barracks scheme in administration
Inland Homes had promoted development on behalf of owner Hounslow Property Development Ltd
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News
Places for People creates strategic land division in bid to build 5,000 homes a year
230,000-home association announces land-led strategy to create new development opportunities
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News
Housing Today Boardroom data shows associations tracking closer to development targets
Latest figures from premium market confidence and sentiment service out now
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News
Berkeley plans to restart stalled towers scheme in south London
Tools downed on Old Kent Road’s biggest redevelopment last year amid viability concerns
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News
Tottenham Hotspur’s 850-home towers plan hit by second staircase delay
Proposals for 850 homes in shadow of club’s stadium approved after fire safety rejig
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Clarion unveils plan for up to 290 homes on former London hospital site
Proposals for Bethnal Green come after High Court quashes approval given to previous scheme
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Comment
The current funding model for housing associations has been pushed to its limit
As a new parliamentary inquiry launches into social housing finances, Paul Hackett argues associations’ development of new homes will drop unless government intervenes
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News
Housing Today launches new market confidence data hub
Premium Boardroom service expanded to include market confidence and sentiment data
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News
Taylor Wimpey tests zero carbon tech in five-home pilot
Each of the houses built on a site in Suffolk will be used to trial different technologies
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News
Grainger says major build programme will see earnings double
Build-to-rent developer to complete 1,640 homes from £1.4bn development pipeline before the end of the financial year