News – Page 187
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NewsMGT announces £1bn build-to-rent push
Investor brings in former Greystar exec to lead rented housing drive
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NewsHouse price growth slows slightly
Official figures show UK house prices rose 9.8% in March year-on-year, but growth in London is slower
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NewsWatkin Jones records half-year loss after setting aside £28m for cladding works
Watkin Jones reviewed buildings over 11 metres high as a result of the Building Safety Act
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NewsGovernment forced to publish data behind £4bn fire safety repair bill claim
Claim based on desk-based survey of 2,856 buildings, with a quarter of bill to remediate social housing sector homes
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NewsPlans for 307 off site homes approved in Burgess Hill, Sussex
Homes fruit of joint venture between Places for People and MMC housebuilder Ilke
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NewsSix firms appointed to £600m social housing off site framework
Alliance of housing providers choses firms to provide panelised systems for 5,000 new build affordable homes
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NewsGove pledges to take on ‘vested interests’ of major developers
But housing secretary maintains 300,000 homes a year ’ambition’ remains despite anti-housebuilder rhetoric
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NewsInstitutional investment into housing ‘to increase 65% this year’
£23bn set to be invested in residential property this year, says Knight Frank
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NewsGovernment lacks ‘political will’ to tackle housing crisis, says Jenrick
Former housing secretary warned manifesto commitments would not be met
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NewsLeicester Council receives 1,143-home plan for site of former textiles factory
Developers Galliford Try Investments and Cityregen submit mixed-use scheme on the Corah Factory site
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NewsStewart Milne stems losses with slight pre-tax profit
Increased sales prices for homes and more efficient designs and operational delivery lead to higher profitability in 2021, the Stewart Milne Group has reported
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NewsHomes England vows to keep working with ‘innovative partners’ after Urban Splash JV collapse
Administrators say 160 positions will be made redundant as modular business part-owned by Homes England enters administration
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NewsPlanning fees to soar by a third in bid to ease planning gridlock
Department proposes increase in order to pump resources into ’stressed’ planning system
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NewsAssociations in merger talks name CEO and chair designate
Housing associations BPHA, Futures Housing Group and Flagship Group have named David McQuade chief executive
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NewsAffordable home starts jump in London
Mayor of London claims highest starts for ’genuinely affordable’ housing since 2003
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NewsGove ditches five-year land supply policy
Councils with up-to-date plans will not have to show a five-year supply of housing sites under new plans
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NewsHousebuilding output dips for second consecutive month
Official figures support fears housebuilders are beginning to rein in activity
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NewsHelp to Buy sales continue to plummet following introduction of stricter rules
Completions through equity loan scheme are 41% down on the same period pre-pandemic
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NewsBromford increases housing delivery and turnover
Housing association Bromford increases delivery by 26% as it aims to build 12,000 homes by 2030
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NewsNew infrastructure tax to be levied on schemes’ gross development value
Details of proposed Infrastructure Levy emerge as government publishes Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill