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Southwark Council refers itself to the regulator over failure to complete electrical safety tests
London borough starts “major programme” to carry out testing
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Immigration survey: Tell us how the points-based system affects your business
Be part of major research on the impact of the new policy environment by telling us about the impact on housing and construction firms
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Cardiff-based housing association secures £25m loan to deliver 300 affordable homes
Hafod Housing has secured a loan facility from Principality building society
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Surrey council secures registered provider status after winding down housing company
Elmbridge Borough Council becomes an RP as it seeks grant from £1.2bn Local Authority Housing Fund
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England needs 550,000 new homes a year to solve housing shortage, says report
If the UK returned to pre-financial crisis productivity levels, salaries could be up to 25% higher
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Regulator orders halt to work on 50 higher-risk schemes due to building control issues
Liquidation of one building control surveyor and failure of another to register in time puts projects on hold
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Labour vows to end ‘bidding wars’ in the private rented sector
Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves will outline Labour’s rental and housing reforms in an announcement today
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Social landlords report decrease in tower blocks with 'life critical' external wall fire safety defects
The regulator’s latest fire safety remediation report attributes the reduction “at least in part” to the completion of remedial works in some buildings
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Grosvenor completes registration of new housing business as a for-profit provider of social housing
Duke of Westminster’s property company to provide 750 homes through new social enterprise over next decade
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Skills shortage means workers in ‘green trades’ in London are now earning more than £130k a year, report finds
Insulation specialists and heat pump installers picking up £70 an hour
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Public believes more upfront investment in infrastructure needed to support social housebuilding, survey finds
Places for People’s pre-election survey found that more than 50% of people worry about the strain that housebuilding would put on existing infrastructure
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Berkeley to launch 4,000-home build-to-rent business as annual profit falls
Push into BTR landlord market comes as housebuilder warns sales will “remain subdued” in the short-term
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Annual UK house prices rise in April for second month
Buyer demand stabilised in April, according to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
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Great Places appoints more than 100 suppliers to its latest £1.5bn construction framework
Bids to provide works and services under the latest framework increased by 23%
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More than 200 new homes approved as part of Trafford Waters development
Peel Waters aims to deliver 3,000 homes in total
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Places for People and Clarion use shared ownership staircasing automation technology
Clarion completed a two-month pilot with Stairpay, which Stairpay say saw a 50% increase in staircasing transactions
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Brighton & Hove City Council and Hyde planning 300 homes on site of former trading estate
The Hyde Group and Brighton and Hove City Council JV could purchase land at the former trading estate and deliver council and shared ownership homes
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Moat appoints Settle boss as new chief executive
Gavin Cansfield will join 22,000-home association after he leaves Hertfordshire landlord later this year
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Plans submitted for first phase of £1.3bn new Scottish coastal town
More than 800 homes planned for first phase of scheme by Edinburgh council and Cruden Homes