All Housebuilders articles
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NewsQ1 housing supply figures improve on previous quarter but show year-on-year fall
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities recorded an increase in supply of new housing from January to March 2022.
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Online
Springfield acquires rival Scottish housebuilder
Springfield Properties has acquired the Scottish housebuilding business of Mactaggart & Mickel for £46.3m.
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Online
Berkeley Homes hails annual figures as profit passes £550m
Pre-tax profit at Berkeley Group rose 6.4% to £551.5m in the year to the end of April.
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Europe’s largest 3D modular homes facility to be built in Corby
TopHat has set to launch a modular manufacturing factory in Northamptonshire that it says will be capable of producing one-house-an-hour.
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News
Square Roots targets 3,500 new homes after achieving for-profit RP status
Square Roots has been approved as a for-profit registered provider (RP) of affordable housing for rent and shared ownership, paving the way for plans to deliver 3,500 new homes over the next six years.
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Glass half full for housebuilders
Forget RPI or CPI. The spectre of inflation really hit home when my inflationary measure of choice, LPI or the London Pride Index, ticked up.
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Savills data highlights homes supply shortfall
Research shows demand outstrips availability of new homes as completions fall.
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Tighter deadline for Help to Buy under fire
Home Builders Federation director says bringing forward deadline ‘defies logic’.
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News
Octopus Investments buys South East housebuilder from Cheyne
Cheyne Capital has sold its majority shareholding in Elivia Homes to funds advised by Octopus Investments.
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Vistry expects annual profit to surge
Housebuilder Vistry Group has told investors it expects annual profit to be at the top end of market expectations ahead of its annual general meeting on Wednesday.
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News
Allison Homes appoints Sheridan as non-exec
Housebuilder Allison Homes has brought in Dave Sheridan, executive chairman of ilke Homes and former CEO of Keepmoat, as a non-executive director.
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No crisis signs for housebuilders
Cost-of-living crisis, rising interest rates, Covid, Brexit and a grinding war in Ukraine. Cue carnage for the housing market? For housebuilders, so far, it’s still a case of ‘crisis, what crisis?’
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Barratt Developments brands Building Safety Levy “unjust and disproportionate”
Housebuilder Barratt Developments has urged the government to reconsider its plans to expand the scope of the Building Safety Levy, in addition to the existing Residential Property Developer Tax.
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Markets
Is it time we turned to timber?
Property Week looks at the building material that is winning over developers with its eco credentials.
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News
Q&A: Clarion’s Cook discusses new Leeds homes site
Richard Cook discusses affordable housing provision and the need for caution.
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Shops-to-homes applications surge but nearly half are rejected
Local authorities denied 45% of applications to turn shops into houses between 2020 and 2021, research by commercial law firm EMW has shown, as the number of applications for such conversions leapt 37% year on year.
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Taylor Wimpey sticks to positive forecasts as housing market ‘remains healthy’
Taylor Wimpey has told investors the UK housing market “remains healthy” ahead of its annual general meeting on Tuesday.
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News
House Buy Fast head warns cladding tax may hit affordable housing provision
The new cladding tax on developers will bring “huge relief to thousands of people”, but its cost to housebuilders may lead them to cut provision of affordable housing, according to Jonathan Rolande, director of house buying platform House Buy Fast.
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News
Time to un-trap blighted blocks
It may seem churlish to ask Michael Gove to execute two further initiatives in favour of leaseholders trapped in blighted blocks. After all, look below at what the housing secretary has accomplished this month.
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Telford Homes seeks extension to Building Safety Pledge deadline
London developer Telford Homes has called for an extension to the 5 April deadline for signing the Building Safety Pledge to allow time to evaluate the “complex matter”.
