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FeaturesConsumer priorities are shifting towards smarter, more sustainable homes
Property developers need to continue to find new ways to create spaces where people want to live, work, play and invest in
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FeaturesCanary Wharf鈥檚 new chapter: Shifting focus to residential
The stepping down of Sir George Iacobescu has raised fresh questions about the future of the iconic business district. As new boss Shobi Khan hints at a fresh residential-led vision, we take a look at what the future may hold
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FeaturesResidential market survey: Housebuilders' hopes and fears for 2021
The housing sector is blessed with a mini-boom - if you believe the hype - but new data reveals not all residential firms are bullish about their resilience to covid or their prospects next year
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FeaturesWhat does the political backlash mean for planning reform?
A government climbdown on a new formula to determine housing need looks inevitable in the face of Tory backbench revolt. Will it now also have to backtrack on its wider planning reforms, asks Joey Gardiner
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FeaturesA look back at Grenfell Inquiry module one: How experts blamed key players for 鈥榮hambles鈥�
The first part of phase two鈥檚 hearings concluded last week - here鈥檚 an overview of the evidence revealing聽major failures, incompetence and buck-passing
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FeaturesRethinking Design: housebuilders鈥� initial responses to the pandemic
Covid-19 is having a profound impact on what people now want from their homes, with bigger houses and outdoor space top of the wishlist. How should housing design reflect these new priorities?聽
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FeaturesTen weeks that shook the housing market
聽We went into lockdown with one housing market and came out of it with quite another. Joey Gardiner reports on what the pandemic means for developers of high-rise housing聽
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FeaturesPastures new: From Ebenezer to Ebbsfleet
People love the idea of garden towns and villages 鈥� and 14 of them are planned for the UK
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FeaturesThe coronavirus crisis: What does it all mean?
The implications of covid-19 for construction, housing and legal
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FeaturesFlooding in the UK and building for a wetter future
Following more storms and ensuing floods, the focus is turning from where to how we build in affected areas聽
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FeaturesWill Persimmon now put its own house in order?
Has Persimmon鈥檚 financial success come at the expense of quality and safety?
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FeaturesLife after Help to Buy
After six years of cheap loans for homebuyers, Help to Buy is being wound down. How will housebuilders cope with the change?聽
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FeaturesProjects: 精东影视 Awards 2018 Refurbishment winner - Welsh Streets
Welsh Streets is a radical build-to-rent scheme that encourages community and provides a blueprint for developers all around the country to copy.
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FeaturesWhy is high finance so interested in affordable housing?
Oliver Letwin鈥檚 review into the speed at which homes are built calls for greater diversity of design, size and tenure. Investors seem keen to get involved
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Features精东影视 Awards 2018: Housing Project of the Year nominees
Among the nominees for the 精东影视 Award in this category are three impressive schemes for older people and a live-work-eat scheme aimed at trendy, young buyers
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FeaturesIs this the end of the road for Help to Buy?
Next week鈥檚 Budget is likely to determine the fate of the government鈥檚 controversial Help to Buy scheme.聽Is it likely to be scrapped, hitting share prices hard?
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FeaturesNPPF: Ready to mix it up?
Last month鈥檚 revised planning framework shows the government is bent on speeding up build-out rates, but will it fully address the housing crisis?
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FeaturesProjects: Back for good
The stereotype of聽back-to-back housing as cramped and poorly lit is overturned by AHMM鈥檚 Signal Townhouses, where thoughtful design has maximised natural light and outdoor space
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FeaturesNPPF: Industry reaction
Now the final National Planning Policy Framework has been unveiled, how do construction professionals rate it?
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FeaturesTop 150 contractors and housebuilders: Split fortunes
精东影视鈥檚 exclusive full Top 150 league has been released