All News articles – Page 161
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Aster ‘on track’ to hit 1,300-home target
The £241m turnover business said it is on track to deliver more than 1,300 homes by 31 March 2023.
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Grenfell Inquiry: Barrister closes hearings with attack on ‘buck-passing’ firms
Final day of inquiry sessions after four years of hearings
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Vistry’s £1.2bn takeover of Countryside completes
Merged housebuilder to start trading shares from Monday
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Social housing repairs boost helps construction defy UK economic slump
Industry shows ‘resilience’ with third consecutive month of expansion
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Grenfell Inquiry: Celotex says ‘misdescribed’ test result had no bearing on use of its product
Insulation manufacturer says its description of its insulation product did not affect the way tower was specifed
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Rowley confirmed as minister for building safety
Former housing minister appointed to building safety and local government brief
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Sunak pledges to reduce say of ‘distant bureaucrats’ in planning
But prime minister stops short of backing backbencher’s call to remove centrally-set local housing targets from levelling up bill
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House prices ‘grind to a halt’ as lettings market grows, says RICS
New buyer enquiries fell for a sixth consecutive month, respondents to the surveyor body’s October survey showed
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Galliford Try mulls move back into social housing work
Firm’s no-compete clause with new owner of former Linden Homes arm runs out in January
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Grenfell Inquiry: cladding manufacturer Arconic hits back at criticism
Firm hits back at suggestions that its British Board of Agrement certificate for its ACM panels was misleading
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L&Q completions up 7% in first half of the year
Housing association giant builds over 2,000 homes in six months but prepares to reduce capital spend
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New housing minister vows to reduce planning delays
Lucy Frazer promises to simplify planning system in first speech as housing minister
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Taylor Wimpey sales rate slumps by 44%
Housebuilder sees sharp rise in cancellations but says it is operating from a ‘postion of strength’
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Lucy Frazer confirmed as housing minister
The MP for South East Cambridgeshire replaces Lee Rowley
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Grenfell survivors’ lawyer describes ‘rogues gallery’ of firms accountable for fire
Closing statements to inquiry continue throughout this week.
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Tory MP pledges bill amendments to end housing targets
Theresa Villiers claimed “overdevelopment” has been growing steadily in recent years
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L&G boss blames planning for slow modular growth
Sir Nigel Wilson says ’awful’ delays particularly damaging for a start-up manufacturing business
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Persimmon blames Westminister ‘disruption’ as sales slide and cancellations spike
Housebuilder’s shares hit as firm cancels shareholders payout scheme and raises building safety allocation to £350m
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Countryside director becomes Cala Homes’ MD
Rupert Home is the new managing director of Cala Homes’ South Home Counties business
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Calls grow to help struggling homeowners amid rising interest rates
About 400,000 people will be pulled into poverty with higher mortgage rates, a charity has calculated.