News – Page 257
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NewsSanctuary and Southern Housing Group reveal merger plan
The two landlords would together create the UK’s biggest housing association
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NewsGovernment commits to publish OxCam Arc plan next year
Reports had suggested spatial plan for one-million home growth belt had been put back to 2024
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NewsGrainger poaches St Modwen finance boss
Rob Hudson to join listed residential landlord as board-level executive director
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NewsGrenfell cladding firm ‘arranged’ for products to pass tests, inquiry hears
Test was used as basis for UK rating, allowing ACM to be used on buildings above 18m
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NewsJenrick backs £34bn suburb redevelopment plan
Housing secretary supports Policy Exchange call for streets to grant themselves permission to redevelop
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NewsHouse prices jumped 8.5% in 2020, says ONS
First official figures for pandemic-affected year show fastest growth since 2014
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NewsHead of new building safety regulator appointed
HSE veteran Peter Baker to lead ‘biggest change in building safety for a generation’
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NewsAnthology to link up with Pegasus for mixed tenure expansion
London developer is looking to combine general housing with later living in 5,000-home regional expansion
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NewsHousebuilders hail Help to Buy extension
Housing ministry confirms home buyer support scheme extended by two months
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NewsHomes England launches £250m development finance fund
Scheme with United Trust Bank will provide loans for SME developers
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NewsAvanton announces 5,000-home London build-to-rent drive
Developer says it has £500m land fund to buy sites over next two years
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NewsGrosvenor’s Belgravia flats poised for approval
Controversial 11-storey scheme for 468 homes to replace 1950s Cundy Street Flats
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NewsAnthology sets sights on regional expansion
London-focused developer to expand with ‘mid-scale’ scheme outside the capital
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NewsFirm stopped selling Grenfell cladding in France over fire safety, inquiry hears
But UK sales manager of product firm Arconic says he was not told to do so in the UK
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NewsPrices recover in February on supply shortage
But latest Rightmove data show asking prices remain below level seen in July last year
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NewsDeveloper submits plans to convert historic Tolworth Tower into flats
Masterplan will add two towers and convert offices designed by Centrepoint architect
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NewsRental evictions ban extended again
Landlord groups say government help needed to protect sector
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NewsGrenfell inquiry: What we learnt from product makers last week
Details of combustible materials were kept under wraps, inquiry hears in first week back after two-month pause
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NewsDeveloper appoints contractor JJ Rhatigan for 2,000-home pipeline
Singapore-backed Strawberry Star agrees long-term partnership following first-phase of “LU2ON” development
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NewsHousebuilding output dropped by a fifth in 2020
First official figures for the pandemic year also show housebuilding work slowed in December