All Housebuilders articles – Page 7
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OnlineVistry agrees £1.25bn takeover of Countryside
The housebuilder agreed a cash-and-share deal earlier this week to create a £2.8bn development giant.
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House prices across the UK set to drop as affordability falls
Recent house price data gives little indication of the falls that are likely to come along with recession and rising interest rates.
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Silbury agrees its largest loan for York resi scheme
Silbury Finance has provided a £73.8m loan to North Star Investment to fund the development of a residential-for-sale scheme in York.
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Stafford 900-home masterplan launched
Stafford’s position on the HS2 rail route is at the heart of a masterplan launched by the town to deliver 900 homes as part of a mixed-use community.
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Building costs and regulations dent Churchill Retirement profits
Retirement housebuilder Churchill Retirement Living revealed a 9.8% drop in operating profit to £38.8m for the last financial year compared with 2021, driven by building costs and regulations.
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Redrow buys Kent sites to build nearly 1,000 homes
Housebuilder Redrow has acquired two plots in Kent to build 987 homes across 116 acres, with a combined gross development value of £369m.
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CMA closes mis-selling investigation of housebuilder Barratt
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said it has closed its three-year investigation into alleged mis-selling of leasehold homes by Barratt Developments, the UK’s biggest housebuilder, citing lack of evidence.
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Taylor Wimpey reports 16% leap in profit for first half
Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey hiked profit forecasts to the top of full year estimates after a strong first half in which it beat housing completion targets.
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Developers look to the skies as building costs rise ever higher
Adding storeys to new or existing buildings is making projects financially viable and environmentally friendly.
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Non-bank lenders have key role in solving housing crisis
The UK property market faces unique challenges. A shortage of affordable housing, combined with macroeconomic pressures such as supply-chain issues and the impact of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, has led to house prices reaching a record average of £278,123, according to Halifax’s House Price Index. The only way ...
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ilke Homes joins forces with Orbit on modular housing scheme in Hastings
Modular housing group ilke Homes has entered into a land led package deal with Orbit Homes to deliver 140 affordable homes in Hastings, East Sussex.
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Power shortage to halt west major London housing developments
The growth of data centres in west London has jeopardised the future of housebuilding in the area due to a shortage of electrical grid capacity.
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Housing crisis exacerbated by planning
Rising inflation and living costs are affecting everyone in the property sector and elsewhere, but smaller builders and enterprises are particularly struggling with pressures from every side, which is having an impact on the supply of affordable housing in this country.
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We must design buildings fit for a circular economy
Future-proofing the buildings we design to promote longevity requires an in-built adaptability that simply isn’t compatible with the systems we’re accustomed to today.
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Landhold secures £13.5m resi loan from Investec
Landhold Developments has secured a £13.5m loan from Investec Real Estate to fund the construction of 36 homes in Clapham, South West London.
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St Modwen to build 350 all-electric homes in Longbridge
St Modwen has revealed plans to deliver up to 350 new all-electric homes on the historic MG Rover site that was once home to the MINI in Birmingham.
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Countryside Partnerships closes MMC factory as hunt for new CEO continues
Countryside Partnerships has shut down one of its three MMC factories owned by the group, which is expected to save £15m annually but will cause a reduction in the “run-rate of manufacturing losses” as a result.
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Innovation no longer a dirty word
For decades, innovation was considered a dirty word in housebuilding, a sector that was referred to by economists as ‘the backwards industry’ due to its reluctance to embrace technological innovation.
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Q&A: LDS director on SME financing market
Ex-Homes England development finance head on lending to small housebuilders.
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Time to get creative with finance
The FT recently reported that the UK economy was experiencing “the worst combination of surging prices and zero growth” since the 1970s, with inflation reaching a 40-year high at 9.1%.
