All Housing articles – Page 5
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Taylor Wimpey, Berkeley and Gleeson bosses call for stamp duty cut
Housebuilders call on Hunt to act ahead of 6 March Spring Budget
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Flagship reports 38% increase in turnover
32,000-home housing association reports 31% increase in affordable homes development
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Comment
How standardised stock condition surveys and better use of data can help us improve stock maintenance
Maintaining homes is more complicated than many people think and requires intricate solutions, writes Elly Hoult
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DLUHC says it is working on ‘managed transition’ to new building control regime amid crisis fears
But government does not confirm backing for six-month postponement of deadline amid mounting concern about a collapse in building control services
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Building control chief warns of chaos to council services if competence rules are enforced from April
LABC boss tells government new rules requiring inspectors to be registered and certified should be postponed for six months
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In Focus
Race against time before April: Are we heading for a building control inspection crisis?
LABC fears a shutdown of building control services in April due to a lack of certified inspectors. How worried should we be? asks Daniel Gayne
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Largest timber development in the UK receives planning approval
Human Nature and Periscope win planning for 685-home Lewes masterplan
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Gleeson profit falls 55% as sales drop
Housebuilder says “difficult conditions” have hit income
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Moat chief executive departs after little more than a year
Mary Gibbons leaves post “with immediate effect”
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Comment
Collaboration underpinned by a national strategy is the only way to deliver the homes we need
We need cohesion from Whitehall to help boost partnerships and attract investment argues Kevin Sims
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House prices increased slightly in December
Average cost of a UK home increased by 0.1% in the last month of 2023
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Gove unveils proposed planning guidance changes in bid to boost brownfield development
Housing secretary wants planning authorities to take a less “bureaucratic” approach to urban development
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Comment
Gove appears to have woken up to the housing crisis – but his solutions are half-baked
To tackle the housing crisis we need strategic leadership but this is beyond the current government, writes Brendan Kilpatrick
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News
Plans submitted for 3,000 homes and primary school in west Edinburgh
Proposed £1bn investment to transform huge brownfield site
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Comment
Making the case for Build-to-Rent to politicians
Build-to-rent is misunderstood in Westminster but the product can help provide security of tenure and quality, writes Robert Sheldon
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Starmer pledges to ‘reform housing’ in address to CIH
Keir Starmer sets out Labour’s vision for “nation renewal” in speech at annual presidential dinner
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Comment
A Royal Commission might just help us develop the long-term strategy we need
The Housing Ombudsman’s call for a long-term, depoliticised approach could help us join the dots between housing, health and welfare, writes Paul Hackett
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Birmingham approves 33-storey Urban Vision build-to-rent tower
Plans replace scrapped scheme that would have been almost twice as high
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Construction output stays in reverse but housing activity improves
S&P Global/CIPS report says companies more confident about upcoming work as housing shows improvement
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In Focus
‘The figures on starts are terrifying’. What’s really happening to the Affordable Homes Programme
The government has admitted that it will not hit its development targets. Joey Gardiner asks what’s really going on and looks at how the situation can turn around