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OnlineGovernment gives developers six weeks to sign up to housing safety contract
The government has given developers six weeks to sign up to legally binding agreements to pay to replace unsafe cladding on buildings.
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LendInvest and British Business Bank collaborate to support the building of more homes
UK asset manager for property finance LendInvest is collaborating with British Business Bank to help finance smaller property developers to provide more homes across the UK.
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Equities analyst Alastair Stewart on the adage of buying on the rumour, selling on the good
There’s an old stock market adage, dating to less assiduously policed times: buy on the rumour, sell on the news. At least when it comes to good rumours.
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Industry reacts to RICS survey housing market projections
The housing sector has given an update to projections for the market in 2023, following the recent RICS residential survey, which showed further declines in demand from both housebuyers and renters.
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Silbury passes £500m lending milestone
Silbury Finance has passed half a billion of committed lending in the UK Living sector in under two years.
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Redrow announces introduction of heat pumps as standard
Housebuilder Redrow has announced that all of its new detached home development will use air source heat pumps and underfloor heating as standard, as part of its plan to achieve net zero carbon by 2050.
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Ex-housing ministers back report slamming brownfield housing policy
A swathe of former housing ministers have come out in support of a report slamming the government’s current housing policy, claiming that building solely on brownfield sites cannot deliver the amount of homes needed in Britain.
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Downing Living secures £227m loan for Manchester scheme
Real estate lending platform Precede Capital Partners and global financial services group Nomura have provided a £227m development loan to Downing Living.
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Avant Homes set to develop £60m Derbyshire scheme
Avant Homes has acquired a 28-acre site in Holmewood, Derbyshire, to deliver 247 new-build homes with a gross development value (GDV) of around £60m.
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Sales slowdown may not be a disaster for big housebuilders
Large cash reserves will help bigger developers to ride out sales slowdown as economic turbulence hits sector.
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All eyes will be on Gove this year
The secretary of state for levelling up etc, Michael Gove, is going to loom large in the lives of property folk, planners and architects over the coming year.
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Industry welcomes £60m brownfield fund
The property industry has welcomed the government’s pledge to provide an additional £60m to councils to redevelop brownfield sites for housing.
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Vistry starts year with forward sales dip but is on track for 2022 profit rise
Housebuilder Vistry Group started the year with forward sales totalling £1bn, down from last year’s £1.3bn, but is on track to report increased profits for 2022 and is expecting to reap the benefits of its £1.25bn merger with Countryside Properties.
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LendInvest agrees funding deal to back move into home lending
Finance portal LendInvest has agreed an increase in funding from Lloyds Bank to £300m to support an entry into the UK’s £1.2trn homeowner mortgage market.
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Crest Nicholson forward sales drop as demand falters
Housebuilder Crest Nicholson has told investors demand for its homes is “still strong” despite a drop in forward sales.
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AJC Group promotes Janes to managing director
Sebastian Janes has been promoted to managing director of Dorset-based affordable housing group AJC Group.
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Taylor Wimpey to build fewer homes in 2023
Taylor Wimpey became the latest housebuilder to tell investors it would build fewer homes in 2023 on Friday as economic concerns hit demand.
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Travis Perkins and Close Brothers team up to provide SME builder financing
Travis Perkins General Merchant, part of builders merchant Travis Perkins, has launched an escrow agreement with Close Brothers Property Finance to support SME housebuilders.
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Sales at Persimmon ‘fall off a cliff’ as it warns of tough 2023
Persimmon has revealed that forward sales have fallen by more than a third as customers defer major purchase decisions amid the cost-of-living crisis.
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BPF launches affordable homes development tool kit
The British Property Federation (BPF) has launched a tool kit designed to boost the development of affordable homes, with the aim of providing a greater understanding of partnership models for investors and housing associations.
