Residential – Page 7
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Markets‘Generation rent’ sees appeal in lifestyle-branded homes
A survey of millennials and business leaders demonstrates scale of opportunities for private rented sector.
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MarketsQ&A: U+I's Richard Upton on the Movement development
Last week U+I, the new brand for the merged Development Securities and Cathedral Group, held a street party to celebrate the completion of its Movement project in Greenwich.
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MarketsLondon housing out of reach of many on modest incomes
London housing is close to becoming almost completely unaffordable for key workers and other people on modest incomes making it more difficult for businesses to retain and recruit staff, a wide-ranging report has warned.
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MarketsNeed to know: government plans for ‘outdated’ prisons
George Osborne and justice secretary Michael Gove this week confirmed plans for the government to sell off a raft of outdated inner-city prisons, with the sites to be redeveloped.
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MarketsHousebuilder appetite for greenfield land dampens
Average greenfield development prices across England continued to slip in the third quarter as the rising cost of building and a weaker appetite for new sites among developers dampened demand.
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MarketsHouse prices forecast to rise by 17% over next five years
House prices are expected to rise by 17% on average across the UK over the next five years - so long as mortgages rates do not rise above 4.5%, according to Savills.
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MarketsHousebuilders stay strong despite economic wobbles
Listed housebuilders have continued their stellar start to the year, with the sector outperforming every other equity market in the third quarter.
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MarketsQ&A: the inside track on TfL’s London development plans
Transport for London (TfL) has unveiled further details of its ambitious plans to become the largest developer in the capital.
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MarketsBuoyant market prompts increase in scope of lending for residential developments
Funders are planning to increase the volume and geographic scope of their lending to residential developments over the next two years, according to a new report by Knight Frank.
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MarketsNeed to know: Elephant & Castle scheme five years on
Five years ago, Southwark council signed an agreement with Australian developer Lend Lease for the £1.5bn redevelopment of the Heygate Estate in Elephant Castle.
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MarketsHousing to take centre stage in London mayoral battle
How do the two main contenders to be London’s next mayor compare on housing policy?
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MarketsQ&A: Lord Sugar and Kelly Hoppen join forces for resi conversion
The reality TV stars have teamed up to convert St James’s office into luxury apartments that will cost up to £12m each.
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MarketsCorbyn sets sights on developers as party outlines housing policies
Jeremy Corbyn has put developers firmly in his sights after the new Labour leader vowed the party would press for a crackdown on affordable housing contributions as part of a wider policy push aimed at building 100,000 council homes each year.
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MarketsRents high and low - ensuring the success of North West PRS schemes
Outside London, no region is more enthusiastic about the private rented sector (PRS) than the North West.
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MarketsBoris flexes muscles with call in of major City fringe schemes
Boris Johnson has given a clear signal that he will continue to exercise his powers to intervene in development disputes despite nearing the end of his term as mayor after calling in two controversial planning applications for City fringe schemes last week.
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MarketsNLA reveals top 100 ‘radical’ ideas to tackle housing crisis
As London’s housing crisis becomes more acute, the solutions are becoming increasingly creative - as New London Architecture (NLA) found when it launched a competition to find the top 100 potential solutions to the problem.
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MarketsQ&A: Lands Improvement gives Telereal big resi boost
Telereal Trillium last week acquired strategic land specialist Lands Improvement Group from BlackRock for £120m.
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MarketsMorpeth housing development set to benefit white-collar commuters
Around 15 miles to the north of Newcastle, a housing development has recently started on a site that underlines the resurgence of white-collar jobs in the region.
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MarketsNew-look Labour brandishes tougher housing policies
It has been a dramatic week for the Labour party. Veteran left-wing Islington MP Jeremy Corbyn stormed to victory on Saturday, becoming Labour leader in a landslide victory, with 59.5% of first-preference votes.
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MarketsCouncils speed up planning
Councils are approving major planning applications more quickly than at any point over the past 10 years, government figures have shown.
