All articles by Joey Gardiner – Page 83
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NewsL&G wins 270-home permission via virtual committee
Insurance giant’s later living business to redevelop firm’s former HQ
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NewsOne in five renters expect to lose their jobs
Call for additional support as survey by Shelter raises questions over covid-19 impact on providers of rented housing
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NewsCall for government to rip up planning rules to aid covid recovery
London Property Alliance calls for extension to permission length and flexibility on planning obligations
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NewsGovernment to review flooding insurance for homes
Insurance industry exec Amanda Blanc to chair review following claims 70,000 new home owners cannot access insurance
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NewsHousing secretary approves huge Vauxhall towers
Twin Vauxhall Cross towers designed by Zaha Hadid Architects will deliver 257 homes but breach local height restriction
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NewsMore listed housebuilders furlough workers
Bellway, McCarthy Stone and Vistry stand down staff as Barratt confirms majority of 4,300 employees affected
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NewsHousing secretary under pressure over ‘second home’ trip
Robert Jenrick justifies 100-mile trip by claiming Herefordshire property is his family home
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NewsKerslake calls on government to consider Help to Buy extension
Former head of the civil service says the government should also look at increasing grant rates in response to covid crisis
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NewsArchitects campaign to stop CLT ban
Group of housing designers call on government to rethink “combustibles ban” so it allows use of structural timber
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NewsGLA pledges London housing recovery plan
Deputy mayor for housing Tom Copley promises to get London building at “pace and scale” once safe to do so
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NewsRedrow furloughs 1,800 staff
Housebuilder says 80% of staff now stood down as it secures £300m government-backed loan
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NewsHouse sales fall at “fastest ever rate”, says RICS
Surveyors’ monthly survey finds expectations of home sales slumped to their lowest ever level in March
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NewsBarratt, Crest and Countryside all furlough staff
Taylor Wimpey also understood to be poised to temporarily stand down staff in wake of covid-19 shutdown
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NewsFour-fifths of UK housebuilding work halted
Analysis by estate agent Savills finds schemes capable of delivering 193,000 homes stopped in wake of covid-19 crisis
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NewsStarmer appoints Labour shadow housing minister
Bristol West MP Thangam Debbonaire named after incumbent John Healey moved to defence role
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NewsGleeson looks to raise £16m for post-covid recovery
Firm to issue new shares to pay for acceleration of key worker housebuilding once coronavirus restrictions are lifted
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NewsUnite downgrades value of its 40,000 student homes
Student accomodation developer the first resi property firm to issue downgrade in coronavirus pandemic
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NewsScottish government bans housebuilding
Holyrood publishes list of “essential” construction work which makes clear housebuilding should cease during pandemic
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NewsHuge Taylor Wimpey scheme approved as virtual planning committees up and running
Project for 750 homes in Waltham Forest becomes one of first to be approved under new post-coronavirus rules
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NewsHousebuilding to fall ‘this year and next’
Estate agent Knight Frank says transactions to fall by 40% and prices by 3% following coronavirus crisis