All Housebuilders articles – Page 2
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Barratt appoints Jarvis as David Wilson Homes North West MD
Barratt Developments has named Claire Jarvis as managing director for its David Wilson Homes North West division.
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UK housing’s mixed weather map
“On a bad day… you can see Wales,” a chief executive of a national housebuilder joked some years ago while unveiling homes by the Severn Estuary outside Bristol. Since then, local prices have soared, forcing many workers in the booming Somerset area to buy on the other side of the ...
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Housing needs Georgian renaissance
Editor: Among opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer’s recent promises about housing, the one that stood out was his pledge to build Georgian-style homes in urban areas. It is easy to see why: Georgian architecture has created some of the UK’s most desirable and aesthetically pleasing homes.
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Housing ‘front and centre’ at the Labour Party Conference
New towns, 1.5 million new homes and collaboration were themes at last week’s conference in Liverpool.
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Research finds housebuilders prioritise billions in dividends over housebuilding
The UK’s eight largest housebuilding firms paid shareholders £16bn in dividends over the past 18 years, according to research from housing experts at Sheffield Hallam University.
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Barratt withholds usual figures ahead of AGM
Housebuilding giant Barratt has failed to provide a full-year profit forecast in its latest update to investor, citing the uncertain outlook.
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Urban Splash lost quarter of staff after failure of modular housing venture
Regeneration specialist Urban Splash has reported a £2.9m pre-tax loss and shedding a quarter of its staff in the fall-out of the collapse of its modular housing venture.
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Bellway profits fall 18% in challenging housing market
Housing giant Bellway suffered an 18% slump in profit in the year to the end of July as home completions and revenue also fell.
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Nuveen partners with Apache Capital to deliver BTR housing across UK
Nuveen Real Estate has formed a joint venture with Apache Capital to fund single-family build-to-rent (BTR) housing across the UK.
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CMA publishes guidance to help businesses cooperate on environmental goals
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published guidance to help businesses understand how they can better collaborate on sustainability goals.
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Crest Nicholson appoints new group finance director
Crest Nicholson has appointed William Floydd, former chief financial officer at Watches of Switzerland Group, as group finance director designate, effective from 13 November.
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Q&A: Rachel Maclean on the government’s planning and housing priorities
Housing minister discusses the unfairness of the current system and improvements to the rental sector.
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Experts welcome strong focus on housing at Tory conference
Property industry heavyweights pleased to see housing ‘higher on the political agenda’ than in previous years.
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Starmer promises ‘next gen’ of new towns and 1.5m new homes
Labour leader Keir Starmer has promised to build the “next generation of Labour new towns” in a pledge to develop 1.5m homes, as the party looks to tackle planning blockages and make use of low-quality greenbelt space.
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£60m brownfield transformation fund to deliver 6,000 homes
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has announced it will give £60m to councils to fund brownfield regeneration projects to deliver more than 6,000 new homes.
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Labour to reform Homes England, planning and development policy in manifesto
An early Labour manifesto described as the party’s full final policy platform has leaked ahead of the party conference next week.
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HBF brands England ’the worst place to find housing in the developed world’
A report by the Home Builders Federation (HBF) has ranked England as the worst place in the developed world to find housing.
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Redrow secures consent for first phase of £134m GDV Faversham housing scheme
Housebuilder Redrow has received planning permission for 231 homes as part of the first phase of its latest development at Abbey Creek in Faversham, Kent.
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M&G invests £62.7m in 370 housing associations shared ownership homes
M&G has struck a trio of deals worth a combined £62.7m to acquire 370 homes.
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Legal & General appoints housing director
Legal & General Capital (LGC) has hired former Fiera Real Estate investment head Steven Wright as portfolio director for housing, taking responsibility for its multi-tenure housing platform in the UK and internationally.