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NewsPlatform increases development amid contractor price increases
Midlands-based landlord expects to complete 1,300 homes in 2023/24
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CommentHousing associations can tackle health inequalities through partnerships
Peabody has formed a group with fellow housing association Grand Union and a trio of local authorities to boost residents’ health and wellbeing, Elly Hoult explains more.
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NewsLloyds and Homes England JV agrees deal to fund 237-home build-to-rent scheme
Housing Growth Partnership signs deal with construction firm McGoff
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NewsSovereign exceeds new build target despite surplus squeeze
62,000-home housing association increases build rate by 40% as it eyes further development boost through Network merger
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In FocusFrom global banking to social housing with Hyde boss Andy Hulme
Hyde’s chief executive explains the parallels between his banking career and housing and how he intends to use third-party funding models to boost development
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NewsS&P lowers Hyde’s credit rating due to higher-than-expected sales exposure
Credit rating agency raises concern about short-term risk but says Hyde’s ‘third-party’ investor strategy could lower exposure in the longer term
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NewsCIH calls for social energy tariff to boost decarbonisation
Institute says idea being considered by ministers would boost social housing providers’ net zero and maintenance efforts as well as helping residents
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CommentWhole life carbon should be a priority for investors as well as developers
Being green is sometimes at odds with maximising returns and this must change, writes Lesley Chen Davison
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In FocusDesign codes are coming but will they deliver?
Earlier this month Berkeley Homes went to war with Michael Gove over the design quality of a scheme in Kent, but compulsory local design codes are meant to help avoid such conflict. Will they work?
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NewsBudget 2023: key measures at-a-glance
Regeneration, investment zones, levelling up, nutrient neutrality funding and making it easier to bring in workers from abroad
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NewsGove threatens to put 11 housebuilders who have not signed cladding contract ‘out of business’
Housing secretary repeats pledge to stop developers trading as deadline passes
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NewsPersimmon appoints former Landsec COO to its board
Persimmon has appointed the chief operating officer (COO) of property investment firm Land Securities to its board.
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NewsDurkan poaches former Persimmon and Inland director from Sovereign
Stephen Trenwith, who has more than 30 years experience in the industry, is the London-based developer’s new group land director
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In FocusUPDATED: List of councils to have delayed plan-making since Gove’s targets U-turn
Housing Today lists the councils to have deferred local plans in the wake of the government’s proposed changes to planning
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NewsInland Homes founder set for shock return after sudden resignation of board members
Chair and two other board members stand down following “related party issues”
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In FocusBriefing: Churchill plans growth despite darkest hour for market
The retirement housebuilder is sticking by its plans to double in size despite recent housing market weakness, says Churchill’s chairman and chief executive, Spencer McCarthy.
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CommentWhat Gove’s Responsible Actors scheme is likely to mean for building safety
The housing secretary has given housebuilders six weeks to sign a remediation contract or be blocked from trading. Charis Beverton and Bora Mina look at the legal questions this raises.
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NewsUK housing market ‘muted' as demand falls, warn surveyors
RICS records ninth successive month of surveyors recording falling demand
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NewsBarratt cuts new homes forecast as demand remains ‘tentative’
Spring improvement in sales less than hoped for
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NewsPlans for 700-home timber development unveiled
Developer Human Nature submits application for ‘largest timber development in the UK’