News – Page 149
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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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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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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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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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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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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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NewsEPC numbers imply housebuilding at three-year high in 2022
Figures on energy performance certificates give first indication of housebuilding outturn for 2022
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NewsHomes England gives £43m to 2,000-home garden village scheme
The money for Burtree Garden Village will pay for infrastructure
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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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NewsLosses at troubled Inland Homes to top £90m
Firm set to release loss-making numbers at end of next month
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NewsWatkin Jones’ profit slumps as it sets aside £30m for cladding work
Build-to-rent and student housing specialist developer carried out a review into blocks above 11 metres
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NewsSouth west council to require all homes to be net zero
Bath says new resi developments will have to go beyond building regs requirements and generate energy needs on site
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NewsDLUHC launches plan for UK-wide MMC standard
Government department commissions British Standards Institution to create standard to raise quality of offsite homes
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NewsVistry says giant modular plant will be retained to supply HA build pipelines
Brand new 3,500 homes-a-year Bardon factory had been put up for sale by Countryside prior to Vistry buyout
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NewsRedrow to fit heat pumps and underfloor heating as standard
The housebuiler says it the first to install heat pumps and underfloor heating in all new developments
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NewsDeveloper Henry Boot’s profit hit by property write down
Henry Boot gains to be lower than forecast despite ‘record year’ for underlying profit
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NewsPlans for 1,500-home Cheshire garden approved
Cheshire East council ‘minded to approve’ application for Handforth Garden Village despite objections
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NewsPost-Grenfell fire safety regulations come into force
New rules add to responsibilities of building owners
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NewsCompetition regulator’s housebuilding probe to be approved in weeks
CMA says market study into housebuilding will be its next inquiry following provisional board approval