News – Page 297
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NewsRate of housebuilder insolvencies up 80% over the past three years
Vast majority of insolvencies are SMEs according to new data
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NewsEpping Forest sets up commercial developer
Qualis Group will build out council land in the borough, starting with schemes for 400 homes
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NewsTerra Strategic submits plans for golf course homes
Scheme on former Hawkesbury Golf Club near Bedworth is for 212 homes
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NewsOn demand: CLC’s recovery plan debate
Register free to listen to Andy Mitchel discuss rebooting construction with other covid-19 taskforce members
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NewsInadequate UK housing blamed for spread of covid
Lord Kerslake calls for housebuilding package to address overcrowding and ’reunite housing and heath policy’
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NewsSite workers to wear ‘social distance’ wristbands
Regional housebuilder Bewley is to roll out technology which ‘buzzes’ workers that stand too close
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NewsHomebuyers abandon flats in favour of houses
Property search website shows buyer prioritising size and garden space since lockdown
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NewsTaylor Wimpey sales slump by 40%
Housebuilder says it has unfurloughed all staff and is seeing strong demand for homes
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NewsHouse prices down just 1.1% from peak
Latest figures from the Halifax show 0.2% month-on-month fall in May
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NewsEstate agent LSL sees post-lockdown sales recovery
Group says sales have recovered to a third below the level seen prior to lockdown
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NewsHomes England loans £300m to London megaprojects
Housing agency agrees funding package to kickstart work at Brent Cross, Silvertown and Barking Riverside
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NewsHousebuilding work continued steep decline in May
Reopening of some sites not enough to push sector into expansion, say purchasing managers
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NewsControversial 1,200-home Devon village wins appeal
Robert Jenrick grants permission for Wolborough Barton scheme against local opposition
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NewsIlke in £23m modular homes deal
MMC housebuilder to provide site and houses to association Stonewater
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NewsBrickmaker announces redundancy plans
UK’s largest brickmaker, Ibstock, says it has entered in to consultation with 15% of its workforce due to low demand
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NewsLack of homes for older people prevents vital downsizing
Reports predicts 13m spare rooms in older people’s homes by 2040 due to lack of options to move
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NewsAvanton wins Old Kent Road permission
Developer gets planning for 262 homes on former Carpetright warehouse site
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NewsMortgage lending slumps 80% in April
Number of house purchase loans fell to around half the level seen in the global financial crisis
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NewsMcCarthy & Stone starts ‘gradual’ return to work
Focus on sales as retirement housebuilder admits it has 1,350 completed unsold homes in stock