News – Page 37
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NewsOrbit appoints new director of customer experience
Former Asda customer insight lead will be responsible for creating new strategy
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NewsPlans submitted for residential towers next to Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium
850-home scheme to include blocks up to 25 storeys
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NewsGas-free properties approved in first phase of 4,200-home Oxfordshire development
The new homes form the next stage of Persimmon Homes and Taylor Wimpey’s joint venture
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NewsGovernment announces five-year rent settlement and confirms £500m top-up for current AHP
But sector will have to wait until the Spring for details of affordable housing funding post-2026
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NewsSocial housing leaders welcome government prioritising the sector but call for even longer rent settlement
Government announces a five-year rent settlement and £500m Affordable Homes Programme top-up ahead of longer-term strategy next year
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NewsPlanned retrofit ramp-up sees L&G’s affordable arm double assets target
For-profit provider wants £7bn in assets by the end of the decade, says chief
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NewsClarion increases development 30% and doubles surplus in first half of year
Sales margin falls from 8.2% to 5.4% due to “market conditions”
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NewsAlex Norris replaces Rushanara Ali as building safety minister
Ali lost the brief after it came to light that she had attended a conference sponsored by a cladding firm linked to Grenfell
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NewsHBF urges the government to launch a replacement for closed Help to Buy
New analysis by the trade body has indicated that the Help to Buy scheme will return £2bn to the exchequer once all loans are repaid
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NewsParadigm increases turnover and operating surplus in unaudited interims
But build rates down on same period year prior
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NewsMore than 300,000 London households on waiting lists for social housing
Centre for London and the G15 are calling for £15bn funding per year to deliver 33,000 social rent homes a year
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NewsGreenSquareAccord’s chief financial officer set to join Abri
Jo Makinson will leave GSA in December
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NewsChange in debt rules set to give big infrastructure schemes funding boost
Shelter chief welcomes chancellor’s move
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NewsThree in five housebuilders say funding for planners is a Budget priority
Knight Frank survey reveals market’s wish-list for chancellor Rachel Reeves
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NewsFitch downgrades five housing association credit ratings
Further two have outlook changed to ‘negative’
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NewsPlans submitted for 455-home scheme on Bath riverside site
Brownfield development will comprise mix of BTR, shared living and commercial space
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NewsSolihull Council appoints Vistry to deliver MMC sustainable housing scheme
The development will be 100% affordable
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NewsLGA refutes claim councils are sitting on £8bn in unspent builder funds
Local government voice says ‘complex’ project delivery processes responsible for lack of infrastructure investment
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NewsCIH Scotland has ‘serious concerns’ that introducing Passivhaus equivalent will affect housing delivery
Devolved government plans to bring in standard for all new builds
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NewsBarratt Redrow anticipates closure of nine divisions as part of integration programme
Housebuilder issues first trading update since merger approved