All Housebuilders articles – Page 11
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NewsBarratt 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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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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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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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”.
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Time to raise the bar on what can be achieved with MMC
Within the current debate on modern methods of construction (MMC) and its opportunities and constraints in relation to house building, not enough attention is turned to the use of panellised systems, and how it could help MMC find its way into more UK placemaking projects.
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ReSI acquires second tenanted shared ownership portfolio from Orbit
Residential Secure Income (ReSI) has acquired 182 shared ownership homes from leading English housing association Orbit for £21m.
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UK’s biggest housebuilders sign building safety pledge as bill nears £2bn
The biggest housebuilders in the country have now signed up to Michael Gove’s building safety pledge to pay towards the £4bn bill to fix dangerous cladding in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
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Bellway’s building safety pledge brings its cladding cost estimate to £500m
Housebuilder Bellway has signed up to the government’s voluntary building safety pledge for developers to pay to remove dangerous cladding on lower-height buildings.
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Inland Homes finalises land sales with £92.5m GDV
Inland Homes, the AIM-listed housebuilder, has completed two land sales with a combined estimated gross development value (GDV) of £92.5m.
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Pair of housebuilders sign up to Gove’s Building Safety Pledge
Crest Nicholson and Persimmon have both signed up to Michael Gove’s Building Safety Pledge to pay to remove dangerous cladding on lower-height buildings, at an estimated combined cost to the companies of up to £195m.
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Insight
Legal & General homes in on modular housebuilding
It got off to a slow start, but Legal & General’s modular housebuilding arm is now motoring ahead. Its CEO gives Property Week a tour of the factory and reveals how it will disrupt the way the industry works.
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Bellway faces macroeconomic and cladding challenges despite robust interims, claim analysts
Housing developer Bellway has posted a near 10% rise in half-year profit despite the ongoing impact of Covid-19 restrictions and rising material costs for the period.
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Crest Nicholson confident on 2022 figures despite global uncertainty
Crest Nicholson has told investors housing market conditions “remain favourable” and that it “continues to see good demand for our homes” ahead of its annual general meeting this morning.
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Optivo and Countryside partner to deliver 873 new homes in Barnet
Optivo and housing developer Countryside Partnerships are joining forces to develop 873 new homes in Barnet, north London.
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Together provides £20m funding package for low carbon homes in Leeds
Sustainable developer Citu has secured a £20m finance package to kick-start the next phase of its low-carbon city centre residential scheme in Leeds.
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Inland Homes and JV partner sell Cheshunt scheme for £56.4m
Inland Homes , the housebuilder focused on the south and south east of England, has sold Phase 1B at its Cheshunt Lakeside scheme for £56.4m.
