All Housing Today articles in January 2021
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NewsBrick By Brick sale only chance of avoiding ‘managed wind-down’
Croydon-owned housing company will only build out schemes already on-site unless buyer can be found
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NewsTopHat completes Kent modular scheme
Offsite start-up says the 20 homes contain less embodied carbon than one traditionally built house
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NewsSouthwark buys council home site on Canada Water regen scheme
Planning permission already in place as part of British Land’s 3,000-home redevelopment
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NewsBuild to rent completions fell 18% in 2020
Share of total completions rises in pandemic-hit year, with surge in suburban rental schemes
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NewsPrivate-equity firm announces Premier Modular buyout
Cabot Square Capital says Covid-19 has driven surging interest in offsite construction
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NewsLondon landlords’ £3bn fire safety repair bill to hit development
The 15 largest housing associations in the captial are spending hundreds of millions of pounds each year on repairs
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NewsThree housebuilders appointed to help form new housing ombudsman
Just one consumer champion appointed to 10-strong board tasked with setting up regulator
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NewsJan Snel plans £350m UK modular business
MMC housing firm says it is aiming to deliver a thousand homes a year
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NewsJanuary sees sharpest house price fall since April
Mortgage lender Halifx says prices were down by 0.3% last month compared to December
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In FocusWill Sunak heed pressure to extend stamp duty cut?
A long extension to the stamp duty holiday would be popular with the industry, but might not solve many problems
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NewsHousebuilding defies January gloom as overall construction activity drops
Monthly purchasing manager’s index shows even housebuilding growth lowest since June
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NewsCambridgeshire new town gets planning approval
Proposals by RLW Estates for 4,500 homes will be located next to Urban Civic’s scheme
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NewsBarratt interim profit rises despite legacy issues
Housebuilder reports strong first half hit by £51m in ‘legacy’ build issues
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CommentBrexit is a chance to fix problems that bedevil public procurement
Few of us will miss complicated OJEU rules but cutting out waste in tendering is still a challenge, says Ben Derbyshire
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NewsIgloo submits plans for Sunderland city centre regen
Proposals for 132 homes are the first phase of 1,000-home Vaux Brewery redevelopment
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NewsHill raids Countryside for new regional MD
Andy Fancy will head up new South west division and special projects
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NewsStewart Milne falls to £48m loss
‘Material uncertainty’ over firm’s future noted in Scottish housebuilder’s accounts despite revenue growth
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NewsTaylor Wimpey wins permission for £1.4bn Battersea estate regeneration
Scheme designed by HTA to provide up to 2,550 new homes
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NewsCountryside appoints northern partnerships boss
Former United Living and Wates executive to be regional CEO
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NewsDesigners shortlisted for £8bn Thamesmead regeneration
Redevelopment will be largest in Peabody’s 158-year history