All Housing Today articles in February 2023
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NewsMortgage lending ‘drops to lowest level since pandemic’
UK Finance warns cost-of-living crisis is hitting demand for mortgage credit
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NewsIgloo Regeneration makes three senior hires
The UK’s first B corporation in the real estate sector owned by PfP Capital has welcomed a trio of new leaders
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NewsGove intervenes in two more planning applications on design grounds after Berkeley Homes row
Following his attempt to block the Tunbridge Wells scheme, the housing secretary is set to make decisions on planning applications in Leamington Spa and Cheshire
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NewsLabour party to cut housebuilding cost by overhauling compulsory purchase orders
Proposals by shadow levelling up secretary Lisa Nandy would go beyond the Conservatives’ amendment to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill
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NewsApollo strikes deal to acquire United Living
The deal was announced on the New York Stock Exchange and is expected to complete this summer
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CPDCPD 02 2023: Sustainable steelwork procurement
This CPD, sponsored by Steel for Life, examines the central role sustainability plays in procurement strategies and explains the key recommendations for procuring sustainable structural steelwork
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In FocusUPDATED: List of councils to have delayed plan-making since Gove’s targets U-turn
Housing Today lists the councils to have deferred local plans in the wake of the government’s proposed changes to planning
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NewsNationwide: First year-on-year house price decline since 2020
Annual house prices were down 1.1% year-on-year in February, according to mortgage lender
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NewsInland Homes founder set for shock return after sudden resignation of board members
Chair and two other board members stand down following “related party issues”
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NewsCMA launches inquiry into housebuilding
Competitions regulatory body to look at issues including service charges and land banking
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NewsPersimmon warns that volume could plummet unless market improves
Housebuilder says house completions could nearly halve to as little as 8,000 at current rates of sale
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NewsGovernment consults on rise in planning fees to help stretched departments
Government wants to raise fees by 35% for major applications and 25% for all other applications
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NewsNew home registrations hit 15-year high last year despite fourth quarter slowdown
Strong start to year outweighs drop in new home registrations towards end of the year, says NHBC
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NewsMajor London regeneration scheme refused permission against officer advice
Tower Hamlets’ rejection of 1,600-home Ecoworld and Poplar Harca scheme could be ‘difficult to defend’, say officials
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NewsSovereign on course to deliver 30% build uplift
Housing association increasing build rate despite sharp impact on margin from rising costs
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NewsSellers in UK having to discount prices by 4.5% to sell
Average annual house price rise drops to 5.3% in February this year from 8.6% in the same month last year, says Zoopla
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NewsTroubled Inland Homes delays results announcement
Listed housebuilder says annual results previously expected in February will now be in March
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NewsAvant opens ‘600 homes-a-year’ North west region
Northern housebuilder plots regional expansion as part of plan to triple in size to 6,000 completions per annum
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CommentHow ready are we for the Future Homes Standard?
The new standards will be with us in just two years – but to meet them, the industry is going to need a lot more government support, argues Laura Reeve