All Housebuilders articles – Page 9
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OnlineVistry Group secures additional grant funding from Homes England
Housebuilding giant Vistry has secured an additional £67m from Homes England to develop grant-funded affordable homes in the period up to 2026.
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OnlineHousebuilders’ share prices unchanged despite Gove’s plans to boost housing
Major housebuilders’ share prices remained largely unchanged following housing secretary Michael Gove’s announcement today (24 July) of plans to relax rules in England to simulate housebuilding.
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NewsGove sets out plans to build 1 million new homes
Housing secretary Michael Gove has launched proposals to extend permitted development rights and a £24m boost for planning skills, in bid to reach the government’s 1 million new homes target set out in its 2019 manifesto pledge.
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OnlineHoney hires Vistry exec as it targets seven further development sites
Housebuilder Honey has appointed former Vistry Group head of land Luke Herring as land and planning director as it continues with its site acquisition programme.
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OnlineInland Homes appoints former Gleeson boss Harrison as CEO and looks north
Inland Homes has appointed former Gleeson boss Jolyon Harrison as chief executive.
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OnlineVistry provides mixed trading update
Housebuilding giant Vistry has posted a slight rise in average weekly sales rate to 0.86 during the first half of the year, up from 0.84 during the same period in 2022, and said its partnerships business continued to show resilience in difficult economic conditions.
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NewsProperty stocks surge as inflation falls
UK property stocks surged on Wednesday after UK headline inflation dropped from 8.7% to 7.9% in June, representing a 15-month low, while core inflation dipped slightly to 6.9%.
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InsightTesting the future of net zero homes
Barratt’s energy-efficient eHome2 is undergoing months of testing to help the housebuilder understand more about how to successfully build low-carbon and net zero housing at scale.
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NewsPlacefirst appoints Marshall as investment director
Henry Marshall has joined build-to-rent provider Placefirst in the newly created role of investment director.
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InsightHome economics: a new enthusiasm for Labour
Alastair Stewart explores Labour’s growing appeal.
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NewsIndustry slams DLUHC for failing to spend £1.9bn of budget
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has come under fire for surrendering back to the Treasury £1.9bn of the department’s budget it had been unable to spend.
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OnlineSpringfield appoints new finance chief
Scottish housebuilder Springfield Properties has appointed Iain Logan as chief financial officer (CFO).
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InsightBlend’s David Alcock on why Sunak cannot afford to put housing on the backburner
At a time when Britain is suffering from a severe housing crisis, especially in the most prosperous places in the Greater South East, this government has taken an increasingly anti-housebuilding and anti-business policy environment stance that is threatening to leave thousands of much-needed new homes on the drawing board and ...
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ProfessionalHomes England put under the microscope amid new review
Wide-reaching review of the body’s operations will assess whether it is meeting targets set by government.
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OnlineCooper steps down as Crest Nicholson FD
Duncan Cooper has resigned as finance director of housebuilding giant Crest Nicholson to become chief financial officer at builders’ merchant Travis Perkins.
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OnlineAvant Homes recruits Lynch as FD
Avant Homes North East has appointed Michael Lynch as finance director.
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OnlineGleeson expects full-year figures to meet forecasts
MJ Gleeson has told investors it expects full-year figures to be in line with forecasts as a shift in buyer demographics “underpins encouraging prospects” for the current year.
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NewsCairn Homes on course to deliver another year of growth
Irish housebuilder Cairn Homes said it is on course for another year of growth across all key financial and operational metrics in a trading update for the six months to the end of June.
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NewsKeepmoat partners with WMCA to build 4,000 West Midlands homes
Keepmoat has become the latest strategic partner of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA), with a commitment to build 4,000 additional new homes in the region.
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OnlineVistry signs up to new shared ownership scheme
Housebuilding giant Vistry has exchanged contracts with affordable housing provider Sage Homes to become be one of the first developers to deliver their Home Stepper Housebuilder Shared Ownership model (HBSO).
