All Housing articles – Page 43
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In Focus‘Bigger and complicated is what we enjoy’: an interview with Clarion’s Richard Cook
Clarion smashed its housebuildng record last year but has since dialled back on its development plans. Richard Cook, its director of development, explains his vision for the group
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NewsWest Midlands outlines £20bn of investment opportunities
Projects include 630-home development at Friar Park
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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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NewsDevelopment debts prompt DLUHC intervention at council
Woking’s £1.9bn regeneration schemes make it UK’s ‘most indebted local authority’ in proportion to its size
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NewsHouse prices fell 1.3% in six months, says Zoopla
Latest House Price Index also reveals buyer demand and sales are running above the five-year-average
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NewsGentoo hands permanent CEO role to interim
30,000-home housing association makes Louise Bassett’s role permanent
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NewsAll social housing in England should be audited, say NHF and CIH
Housing associations, government and regulators need to work together to define new standards for social housing and ensure each home meets these, according to an action plan published in response to the Better Social Housing Review
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CommentThe 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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NewsHenry Boot ‘meeting pre-tax profit expectations’ despite planning delays
Housebuilder eyeing spring and summer sales boost
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NewsBirmingham City Council rapped for safety failings in properties
Regulator flags missed fire, electrical and asbestos checks
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NewsAster Group increases development by 38%
Southern housing association completes record 1,300 homes as it embarks on £2.3bn plan to build 10,000 homes over seven years
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In FocusWhat does the closure of L&G's flagship factory mean for the future of modular in the UK?
Industry players from Mark Farmer to Mike Leonard reflect on the end of production at L&G’s factory in Yorkshire and what it means for the modular development sector. Matilda Battersby reports.
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CommentL&G Modular’s closure shows there’s a limit to the patience of slow capital
Legal & General’s recent withdrawal from the offsite housing market is a wake-up call for policy makers relying on institutions to fund ambitious infrastructure plans, says Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis
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NewsRegal London the latest developer to sign Gove’s building safety pledge
News comes as firm announces £85m partnership with Brent council
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NewsWatkin Jones stays in red as cost of redundancies tops £1m
Firm axed around 40 jobs last autumn in wake of mini-Budget
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CommentWe must stop thinking that small interventions on housing can make a difference
Long-term strategic thinking, continuous investment and an end to politicians’ suspicion of housebuilding is needed in order to really boost housing delivery, argues David Orr
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NewsBarratt remains tight-lipped over future of chair at centre of CBI misconduct claims
Barratt declines to comment on whether John Allan will serve out the rest of his term, following allegations of inappropriate behaviour
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NewsGove to re-think controversial decision to block Berkeley Homes scheme
Housing secretary to quash original decision and think again after realising local land supply data is out of date
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CommentHomes England’s new focus on placemaking and regeneration is long overdue
A more interventionist and re-aligned funding agency will create opportunities for more meaningful housing delivery, argues Matthew Waters
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NewsGloomy predictions now 'looking unlikely' as prices jump in May, says Rightmove
Prices increase 1.8% month-on-month