All Housing articles – Page 17
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NewsOutput to sink by 2% this year as inflation continues drag on housing work, CPA warns
New build housing and repairs and maintenance sectors to both slump by 4% this year before recovering in 2025, according to new forecast
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NewsCouncil approves changes to 1,000-home Telford Homes scheme to meet second staircase rules
Five of the proposed towers had to be redesigned after the Ilford scheme was originally given the go-ahead in 2022
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NewsClarion development down by a third amid ‘challenging market conditions’
125,000-home association posts lower turnover and surplus as it increases spend on existing stock
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NewsPlanning delays biggest barrier to growth, say SME housebuilders
Planning delays have been cited by small housebuilders as the biggest barrier to growth they face. A survey of hundreds of smaller builders, published today by the Home Builders Federation, Travis Perkins and Close Brothers Property Finance, shows 93% of SMEs believe delays to securing planning permission is a “major ...
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NewsBiodiversity net gain rules to come into force in February
The twice-delayed legislation requiring developers to increase biodiversity by 10% on projects now has a commencement date
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CommentWhy now is the time to boost timber construction
Timber is crucial in the journey towards net zero and the governmen’s timber in construction roadmap should just be the start, writes Simon Vernon-Harcourt.
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NewsBerkeley gets approval for 27-storey north London tower
Latest phase of Hornsey Gasworks regeneration will deliver 377 homes and a new public square
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CommentGove’s plan to speed up planning decisions could have unintended consequences
Rather than procedural change to drive the illusion of improvement, we should completely re-assess what planners need to be doing, argues Paul Smith
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NewsMTVH’s balance sheet hit by £105m in building safety write-downs
57,000-home housing association revises down surplus expectation for 2023/24
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CommentA flurry of policy announcements and a general election: why housing is set for a busy 2024
Barratt boss David Thomas explains what he wants to see from the shifting policy landscape over the next 12 months
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NewsRise in proportion of housing associations reporting higher completions
Latest exclusive Housing Today boardroom data published today
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NewsVistry set to announce more huge forward sale deals ‘within weeks’
Vistry’s partnerships chief executive Stephen Teagle says firm close to agreeing deals for 1,000 homes or more as it seeks to increase delivery to 20,000 homes a year
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NewsVistry says operating profit ‘exceeded expectations’ as it announces board changes
Firm agrees cost reductions on all existing and future contracts
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Comment‘Street votes’ can play a big role in urban intensification
The government’s street votes plan can help more people access the benefits of co-design, while achieving better quality and net zero outcomes, writes Ben Derbyshire
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NewsPrivate housing output drops faster than any other construction sector
Bad weather deepens construction’s output slump
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NewsTaylor Wimpey profit to be at ‘top end’ of forecasts
Housebuilder builds more than 10,800 homes, exceeding previous forecast but down sharply on previous year
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NewsRegal draws up plans for 265-room student housing scheme next to Camden’s Roundhouse
Proposals tabled for two blocks up to 12 storeys in height neighbouring grade II*-listed venue
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NewsPeabody appoints finance expert as new chair
Caroline Corby joins the board of 108,000-home housing association following the death of previous chair Lord Bob Kerslake
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NewsGleeson margins take up to 2% hit
Housebuilder’s chief executive Graham Prothero blames “older Gleeson” for additional costs that are squeezing profits
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NewsScottish housebuilder Stewart Milne enters administration
More than 200 jobs to go as £180m-turnover housebuilder fails to find a suitable buyer