Policy
Mayor names London Development Panel
Countryside and Bellway are among 25 developers picked by London mayor Boris Johnson for a new land procurement panel that will aim to make it quicker and cheaper for the owners of public land in the capital to make it available for housing.
Berkeley and Redrow appointed to Boris' land procurement panel
Countryside and Bellway are among 25 developers named by Boris Johnson to sit on a new land procurement panel designed to make it quicker and cheaper for the owners of public land in London to bring forward land for housing.
Office-to-residential plans could yield 11,500 UK homes
There is 11.7m sq ft of obsolete space in the regions, of which 7.4m could be suitable for residential conversion under the government’s new planning rules, according to research by Lambert Smith Hampton.
BPF forms student housing committee
A new Student Accommodation Committee has been set up by the British Property Federation to help the sector increase its profile with government and communities.
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Review slams New Homes Bonus
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Osborne hangs hopes on housing stimulus
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Home Builders challenge levy
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Budget 2013: Expert analysis
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Budget 2013: "Dramatic" measures to boost housing supply
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Savills hired for housebuilders' CIL challenge
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Government appoints private-rented tsar
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All but four London Boroughs seek to block office-to-resi conversions
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‘Let London keep stamp duty local,’ mayor argues
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BPF welcomes office-to-resi pledge
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DCLG places ad for £120k a-year private-rented taskforce chief
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Housebuilding could drop to pre-1920 levels
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New details of £200m Build to Rent fund
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Boris seeks London Rental Standard
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Treasury confirms stamp duty hike
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Clegg pledges £225m for “big and bold” housing projects