All Housing Today articles in July 2020
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NewsVistry in JV with Notting Hill to build Beckton scheme
Organisations will work together for 241-home phase of Royal Albert Wharf project
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NewsMarket for first-time buyer mortgages still dead
Products available for high loan-to-value buyers are down 95% on pre-crisis levels despite talk of a revival
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NewsJenrick pushes ahead with zonal planning reform
Development in land designated for ‘growth’ will be automatically permitted, housing secretary says
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NewsIndustry hails Help to Buy extension
Government gives housebuilders an extra two months to finish construction of homes under the scheme
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NewsHelp to Buy extension to be announced
Government will not formally extend scheme – but will give builders more time to complete homes, sources say
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NewsBarratt selected for 300-home Macclesfield site
Homes England chooses housebuilder for historic school campus
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NewsHouse prices rise 1.7% in July
Nationwide figures reveal latest evidence of unexpectedly strong rebound in market
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CommentHousing associations need long term funding certainty
Ten year grant funding cycles would increase housing output and reduce costs
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NewsSite managers at Grenfell contractor assumed window insulation was safe
Main contractor’s senior site officials say they did not know combustible material was being used to fill gaps
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In FocusGrenfell Inquiry: What we learnt from Rydon’s second week under scrutiny
Project manager believed firm had been quite thorough in checking work quality; refurbishment director says lack of challenge to design still haunts him
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NewsHousing completions fell more than 50% in second quarter, EPC data suggests
Figures for energy performance certificates offer first insight into impact of lockdown on housebuilding rates
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NewsHomes England to make developers meet diversity criteria
Government housing agency says inclusion commitments will be a pre-condition for place on delivery framework
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NewsIlke signs deal with Orbit
Modular housebuilder Ilke is to deliver 25 homes for housing association Orbit in a deal that it said was the first stage of a wider partnership between the businesses.
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NewsMortgage lending jumps four-fold in June
Property industry hails market recovery but loans remain well below pre-crisis levels
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NewsDirector at Grenfell contractor ‘haunted’ by lack of challenge to cladding design
Emotional boss says he believed design process had been correctly followed
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NewsTaylor Wimpey falls to £40m loss
First-half results show sale completions down by nearly 60% after impact of covid crisis
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NewsUnite delays 1,300-bed student housing schemes
Student accomodation provider falls to half year loss following impact of covid crisis
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Contractor was asked for ‘quick and dirty’ price for tower refurb
Client’s agent emailed firm to find out what price of work might be
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NewsHousebuilder shares rise on rumours of Help to Buy extension
Government declines to confirm or deny report that ministers planning to extend £16bn buyer subsidy
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NewsHousing starts at Clarion slump 94%
Quarterly update from housing association giant shows impact of covid lockdown