All Housing Today articles in March 2023 – Page 4
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Large housebuilders see customer satisfaction scores downgraded
Crest, Lovell and Avant among several firms to drop from a five- to a four-star rating in annual HBF survey
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Man Group agrees deal with TopHat to build 226-home zero-carbon scheme
Scheme in Lewes expected to generate £50m in gross development value
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Gleeson appoints former management consultant to its board
Housebuilder recruits Nicola Bruce as a non-executive director
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Crest Nicholson says housing market recovering
The housebuilder’s sales per outlet rate has risen to 0.52 in recent weeks from 0.35 before Christmas
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In Focus
Steve Morgan interview: ‘It’s like the government wants to destroy the industry’
Redrow founder and industry veteran Steve Morgan says the government is letting down the industry by giving in to anti-development pressure. Joey Gardiner asks the former Tory donor if he will be giving to the party again…
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Taylor Wimpey aims to hit net zero five years ahead of 2050 deadline
The housebuilder has a ‘four-stage roadmap’ to decarbonise its operations
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Vistry fixes on 20,000 homes a year build target
Achieving ambition would make sub 10,000-home housebuilder the largest by volume in the UK
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Inland Homes to suspend shares and delay results again
More time is needed to investigate “related party issues”, the housebuilder said, as it looks at fundraising £5m
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Building safety chief aims for ‘world-leading’ regulation as watchdog launch nears
Peter Baker says importance of considering fire safety in initial planning ‘has still not fully landed‘ in industry
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Housing starts fell sharply in last quarter of 2022
First government data show starts dropped by nearly 10% in wake of mini Budget
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Comment
Why Peabody wants more info from government to tackle second staircase dilemma
The second staircase rule is already causing chaos for new build plans and Peabody is one of the developers in the eye of the storm. Phil Jenkins explains how the housing association is going about looking at its planned high-rises
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Construction bodies call on Gove to lower second staircase threshold to 18m
The RIBA also says all existing blocks above 18m with single staircases should be refurbished with evacuation lifts
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HAs and councils share £1.4bn housing retrofit funding
Government claims 115,000 homes across England will benefit
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Lendlease signs cladding remediation contract
Developer behind Elephant & Castle regeneration scheme has set aside £114m for fire safety works
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West London development corporation poaches Homes England director
Gareth Blacker will serve as the OPDC’s executive director of delivery
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Vistry says buyer confidence returning
Housebuilder says merger with Countryside progressing better than expected in upbeat results statement
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Comment
We should be paying more attention to the silent planning revolution
The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill will leave the planning system barely recognisable to the one we are used to. Its crucial the industry engages with the government on the changes, writes Paul Smith
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Government’s specialist building safety unit investigating 19 firms
New team set up by DLUHC to pursue firms dragging their heels on building safety work ramps up activity
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Henry Boot reports signs of improving market
Developer and land trader reports full year profit up 30%
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Emerson Group says it will sign cladding contract
Developer complains the government created a “misleading impression” of its behaviour