All Housing Today articles in January 2023
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CommentIt's time to return rent-setting to housing associations
Registered social housing providers understand the need to balance financial viability with fairness for tenants without the need for government intervention, argues David Orr
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NewsHarworth says housebuilder demand ‘robust’ despite market turmoil
Regeneration developer hails progress in 2022 but says year ahead ’challenging’
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NewsMortgage approvals drop 50% year-on-year
Official figures show loan approvals in December hit lowest level - covid aside - for 14 years
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NewsBarratt subsidiary and Homes England get green light for 550-home scheme
Scheme overlooking the Plym Valley in Plymouth will include 60 later living units
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NewsHousebuilding output to fall 11% this year, says CPA
Predicted drop in new build housing predicted with starts to drop 14%
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NewsOrbit appoints debt advice boss as CEO
Phil Andrew - who also worked for British American Tobacco in the late 90s - is appointed to head up 46,500-home housing association
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CommentThe unanswered questions about the £3bn building safety levy
A consultation on a £3bn levy on housebuilders runs until next Tuesday. Lindsay Garratt and Colette McCormack set out the key issues.
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NewsBarratt and Persimmon to sign cladding contract after government backs down on terms
Recent negotiations have seen Michael Gove agree to tighten scope of contract around JVs and limit betterment liability
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NewsHouse price growth stalled in the last quarter of 2022
Zoopla expects demand for homes to pick up in the last months of this year
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NewsL&G chief executive Sir Nigel Wilson to retire
Man behind insurance giant’s 10,000 homes-a-year housing push will stay until a successor is found
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CommentPlanning overhaul will merely entrench the ‘no development’ status quo
The government’s proposed new national planning policy fails to provide for an adequate supply of homes and is a dereliction of duty, writes Paul Smith
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NewsGove gives housebuilders six weeks to sign cladding contract or face development ban
Housing secretary admits building safety guidance pre-Grenfell was “faulty” and “ambiguous”
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NewsClarion completions fall 21% under ‘cautious’ approach
Turnover and surplus drop reported in third quarter amid challenging economic conditions
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NewsPlaces for People sells luxury home developer to Octopus-owned housebuilder
Housing association to focus on affordable housing and regeneration
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NewsGovernment extends Help to Buy build deadline
Housing minister responds to pressure by giving builders until 17 March to finish homes bought under support scheme
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CommentProspects for mortgage lending on cladding blocks have improved but questions remain
True confidence in the flat sales market is still a way off despite new approach from lenders argues Charmaine McQueen-Prince
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CommentHow to prepare safety cases for residential buildings
Adelard shares its approach to building safety case assurances
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NewsVivid makes two new director appointments
Tom Robinson and Tristan Samuels will join the 33,000-home housing association over the next three months
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NewsEPC numbers imply housebuilding at three-year high in 2022
Figures on energy performance certificates give first indication of housebuilding outturn for 2022