All articles by Carl Brown
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NewsLegal & General fund raises £130m for affordable housing
Investor eyes delivery of 3,500 to 4,000 homes through affordable housing fund
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NewsGrey belt policy ‘unlikely to have significant impact’ on housebuilding, Lords committee finds
Lord Moylan warns Angela Rayner that policy has been “rushed and incoherent”
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News853-bed student housing development becomes UK’s largest passivhaus scheme
Four-block scheme given accreditation folllowing air tightness tests
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News‘Tough and disappointing’ year for Crest Nicholson as it makes £144m loss
New boss Martyn Clark carries out review of business as firm warns of scenario in which it could breach its lending agreements
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News‘Reserves are not excess funds’ - Livv hits back at unions as quarter of staff strike over pay
13,000-home housing association drafts in subcontractors as 28% of staff down tools
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NewsMiller Homes completes acquisition of St Modwen following CMA approval
Move to buy £371m-turnover housebuilder completes as Edinburgh-based firm targets 6,000 homes a year
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In Focus‘Are we putting customers at the heart of our decision-making?’ Phil Andrew reveals Orbit’s transformation plan
The chief executive has taken an unusual route to the social housing sector via studying glaciers and working for British American Tobacco. He tells Carl Brown about his journey
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NewsHill Group appoints Related Argent director as head of planning
Alex Woolmore joins £1.1bn-turnover housebuilder as it eyes strategic land expansion
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NewsJohnnie Johnson folds fully into Sanctuary
Full integration of 5,000-home landlord completes after 11 months as a subsidiary
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NewsAnnual house price growth slows to 4.1%
Nationwide figures show prices remain high relative to earnings
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NewsGlobal investors purchase 650 homes from three housebuilders for use as single-family rental housing
JV set up by Kennedy Wilson and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has amassed a portfolio of 900 homes since launching in October
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NewsReeves says she will not ‘renege’ on building safety regulation as 90 new high-rise projects held up by rules
Figures show 92 new higher-risk buildings and work on 641 existing blocks are pending ‘gateway 2’ design approval by the regulator under the Building Safety Act.
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NewsPortsmouth City Council handed low ‘C3’ grading after probe finds 1,000 outstanding fire remedial actions
Local authority has failed to meet the outcomes of the Regulator of Social Housing’s consumer standards
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NewsPartnership between Places for People subsidiary and Gresham House invests first £53m in shared ownership
Shared ownership management platform aims to build a £1bn portfolio within five years
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NewsClarion boosts completions by 53%
Housing association giant doubles surplus but spend on existing homes falls amid Building Safety Regulator approval delays
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NewsInsulation installers suspended over poor work funded through government energy efficiency schemes
“Systemic” issues discovered with solid wall insulation installed under Energy Company Obligation 4 and Great British Insulation Schemes
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NewsGovernment targets new homes around commuter hubs
Reeves and Rayner pledge default approval for schemes with “high housing potential” such as sites near train stations
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News‘Lack of mortgage availability is a significant barrier’ - HBF reacts to proposed overhaul of lending rules
The FCA is looking at loosening regulations around mortgages in response to Keir Starmer’s request for ideas to boost growth
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NewsPennycook signs regulations to abolish two-year lease extension rule from end of January
Leaseholders will have flexibility to make a claim immediately upon buying a property
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NewsWatkin Jones slashes losses to £300k after turbulent 18 months
Developer buoyed by increased profit from student housing schemes