All housebuilding articles
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NewsHousing planning approvals fall 9% year-on-year
FMB calls for more support for SME housebuilders
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NewsHalf of young people say construction excluded from careers advice, survey finds
Chartered Institute of Building warns the government’s housing and infrastructure plans could ‘fall flat’ if something is not done on skills
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NewsSmall developer halts housebuilding amid ongoing viability challenges for SMEs
Financial pressures and planning delays drive Sigma Homes to shift towards land acquisition and planning
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NewsNorth Yorkshire Council likely to halt Selby local plan as housing need trebles in wider county
Councillors press pause on local plan to focus resources on county-wide housebuilding proposals
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NewsRayner still ‘determined’ to hit 1.5m homes target as she announces plan to digitise home buying
Housing secretary “not giving up” on manifesto pledge as project announced with Land Registry to ensure easier data-sharing
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NewsHousebuilding targets to help grow economy next year, RSM says
But financial services specialist warns industry needs more workers to meet government’s ambition
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News‘It’s not a surprise’: housebuilding starts and completions plummet in Scotland
CIH Scotland says fall is due to rising build costs and an underfunded affordable housing programme
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NewsNPPF: Government drops 50% affordable housing requirement for grey belt sites
Labour yields to key housebuilder ask as it launches NPPF with 370,000-home mandatory housing target
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NewsNew government’s rhetoric already affecting planning, says Berkeley
Housebuilder reports drop in pre-tax profit on increased revenue in half-year results
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NewsStarmer defends ‘too ambitious’ 1.5m homes target
Prime minister re-commits to housebuilding target in set piece speech, saying ‘brave’ action is necessary to drive bold action
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NewsHousing supply falls 6% year-on-year
13,220 fewer net additional dwellings in 2023/24 compared to previous year, official figures show
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NewsCommittee ‘concerned’ Welsh government’s 20,000 social homes target will not meet demand
The Housing and Local Government committee has suggested that the government needs to raise its social housing target from 20,000 to 60,000.
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NewsPennycook ‘convinced’ 1.5 million homes are deliverable but won’t commit to annual targets
Housing minster tells MPs he can’t provide a figure for the number of affordable or social rent homes to be delivered within the 1.5 million homes target
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News‘Cautious optimism’ as new home registrations rise 40% year-on-year despite London drop-off
Affordable housing growing more slowly than private, according to latest figures from NHBC
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In FocusHow worried should the sector be about Vistry?
Housebuilding industry poster-child Vistry has been charting an aggressive growth course despite a tricky market over the last two years. Joey Gardiner asks why it has now lost half its value after two profit warnings in two months
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CommentLabour can and should release the potential of modular housing
The UK leads the way in the field of offsite housing construction. It is time for the government to have some skin in the game, Ben Derbyshire writes
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NewsGovernment will miss 1.5 million homes target by almost a third without funding, the NHF and HBF warn
Research by Savills shows there there could be a shortfall of up to 95,000 new homes per year.
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NewsGovernment needs to build 450,000 new homes a year by 2029 to meet target, says Housing Forum
Membership group sets out roadmap for how the new government can achieve the highest rate of housebuilding in 50 years
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NewsVistry set to unseat Barratt as country’s biggest housebuilder
Patnerships developer set to build 18,000 homes this year, taking it above figure predicted by rival
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NewsReport backed by major developers calls for government to help SME housebuilders
Pocket Living has urged the government to to create Homes England ‘SME managers’ as part of 10-point plan to help ‘save’ smaller housebuilder sector