All RESI articles – Page 15
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Online
New housing minister backpedals on starter homes commitment
The government is considering the inclusion of rental properties in its target to build 200,000 starter homes by the end of the decade as part of a shift in focus from home ownership to the private rented sector (PRS), the housing minister has revealed.
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Insight
RESI 2016: Jonathan Goldstein & Stephen Conway - Joint Ventures
Speaking at RESI 2016 Cain Hoy’s Jonathan Goldstein and Galliard Homes’ Stephen Conway talk about their joint venture, affordable housing and stamp duty as part of the session on ‘Diversity of Approach in Housing the Nation’.
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Online
RESI: Housing associations ‘big businesses with big balance sheets’, says HFI chief
Housing associations have become big businesses, and there is a debate to be had about whether they are efficient enough, according to Housing and Finance Institute chief executive Natalie Elphicke.
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Insight
Berkeley Homes: urban house masters
If you tap the word ‘urban’ into Google, ‘Urban House Berkeley Homes’ is fourth in the list after ‘urban’ itself, ‘urban dictionary’ and ‘Urban Outfitters’ - quite an achievement when you consider the new flexible housing concept, complete with roof terrace, was only launched in June.
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Markets
RESI: one roof, many generations – could this be a model for the future?
With more young adults living at home, a scheme is being developed to house different generations under the same roof.
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Markets
RESI: is modular ready to go mainstream?
It has been a big year for modular housing. So often pitched as a solution to the UK’s housing crisis, offsite construction has long failed to live up to the hype.
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Insight
RESI: time to hang up the beach towels and get down to housebuilding
Holiday season is winding down and the annual retreat from the beach is under way.
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Insight
RESI: clear vision on housing needed
As the dust settles following the EU referendum, the Autumn Statement provides an opportunity for the new cabinet to set out a clear vision to stabilise the housing market and drive the delivery of new homes.
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Insight
RESI: gloomy housing outlook is not all down to Brexit
The outlook for the housing market has been much complicated by the uncertainties that have come with the UK’s vote to leave the EU.
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Insight
RESI: modular building is key to solving the housing crisis
When someone says ‘factory-built homes’, the image that often comes to mind is the flimsy prefabs that sprang up across the UK post war.
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Insight
RESI: will offsite manufacturing transform housebuilding?
Offsite manufacturing: it’s been poised to transform housebuilding for at least 30 years.
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Insight
Housing the next generation: the latest agenda for RESI 2016
RESI is always the pre-eminent conference in the residential calendar, but this year’s event promises to be better than ever.
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Professional
RESI: can Sadiq Khan’s team take the controversy out of the viability process?
In London’s housing debate there is perhaps one issue more than any other that seems to raise the hackles of affordability campaigners and councillors alike: developers’ viability assessments.
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News
Q&A: David Biggs on selling off Network Rail's surplus land
Network Rail Property was set up in April, with the not-insignificant task of “ramping up” sales of surplus land and property in order to fund £1.8bn of railway upgrades.
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Insight
Offsite construction is not only viable but necessary
Government ministers need to be very careful in their approach to offsite construction (OSC).
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Online
Siemens and Pocket Living to star in Speakers Corner at RESI 2016
This year’s Speakers’ Corner at RESI will consider the question ‘how can the built environment become smarter?’
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Insight
Financing: lower down the risk curve
The housing market is steering into calmer conditions, where hitherto unforeseen opportunities await alternative lenders.
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Insight
Government cranks up volume at house party
If anyone was in any doubt that the government wants to tackle the housing crisis - or at least be seen to be tackling it - they are not now.
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Insight
Conscious capitalism and council housing
In a Melania Trump moment, I’m going to borrow someone else’s words.
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News
RESI: upbeat Persimmon outlook gives housebuilders a boost
Housebuilder shares rallied this week after Persimmon posted a 29% jump in half-year pre-tax profits, and revealed strong sales interest since the EU referendum result.