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NewsGleeson turnover to drop 40%
Housebuilder says demand now “recovering strongly” but scale of hit from lockdown revealed
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NewsHouse prices rose 2% in lockdown, claims Rightmove
Property portal reports surge in demand as Knight Frank sees “record” number of offers being accepted
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NewsLabour brands cladding delays a ‘national disgrace’
Party says 56,000 people living in blocks with dangerous cladding three years after Grenfell blaze
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NewsHousing output dropped 60% in April
First official figures show that house building work fell at fastest rate on record
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NewsGovernment paying wages of 1.5m construction workers
Over £4.6bn in government cash paid out so far
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NewsGovernment should take over cladding risk tower blocks
Select committee calls for the government to increase funding and consider using CPOs where work to repair blocks hasn’t happened
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NewsRichard Desmond paid £12,000 for seat at Tory fundraising dinner
Housing minister confirms media mogul raised £1bn Westferry scheme with housing secretary prior to project’s controversial approval
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NewsHousing market activity continued to drop in May
Latest RICS survey shows buyer enquiries and prices continuing to fall despite the market reopening
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NewsWates puts 1,400-home Romford regen scheme in for planning
Decision on Romford job due later this summer
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NewsProject Etopia buys self-build specialist Tribus
Firm says acquisition will form basis of a self-build division
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NewsOld Kent Road towers get green light
Tallest building at scheme designed by Allies and Morrison will be 39 storeys
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NewsLondon Square and One Housing win £125m Walthamstow project
Scheme for 300 homes will start next autumn
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NewsLabour to quiz government over Jenrick’s ‘biased’ Westferry decision
Pressure grows with revelation that developer donated £12,000 to Tory Party after £1bn scheme approved
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NewsTopHat plans to roll out more modular factories
Goldman Sachs-backed modular manufacturer says it expects to be “building factories for years to come”
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NewsSouthwark Council tenders for 11,000-home JV partner
Six firms set to be shortlisted for chance to set up construction company with the south London council
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NewsNetwork launches £750m contractor search
G15 housing association publishes tender for builders to deliver up to 5,000 homes
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NewsVistry appoints North west partnerships boss
Former Barratt director joins firm formed from merger between Bovis and Galliford Try’s housing businesses
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NewsJenrick calls for “first principles” reform of the planning system
Housing secretary’s comments come after weekend reports he is working on radical reform package with Dominic Cummings
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NewsBellway sales down by two-thirds since lockdown
Housebuilder says sales activity still “severely constrained” despite reopening of market