All Housing articles – Page 14
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Features
Top 50 Housebuilders 2023: The calm before the storm
Despite a year of turbulence in the housing sector, the year’s Top 50 rankings largely record the growth period seen before Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini Budget imploded the market last year. Joey Gardiner sees what the numbers say about who’s up and who’s down
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Housing group blasts ‘capitulation to NIMBYs’ as Gove prepares to scrap greenbelt targets
New planning rules expected to be announced this week
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Springfield ‘on track’ to hit expectations but completions fall
Scottish housebuilder aiming to cut debt through land sales as it re-enters affordable housing market
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Government can’t subsidise MMC forever, warns housing minister
Aspirations around modern methods of construction “not yet” achieved, Lee Rowley says
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Profit falls at UK’s largest private housebuilder as inflation sees costs jump
Derbyshire-based Bloor says bottom line and income fell “despite selling additional plots”
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Berkeley halts investment in new development due to planning and regulation concerns
Housebuilder to focus instead on “financial strength” in “volatile and unsupportive” operating environment
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In pictures: North London home wins RIBA’s House of the Year
Described as a ‘Moroccan-inspired urban oasis’, Tottenham scheme lands this year’s prize
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Inland Homes administrators rule out rescue for any part of the business
Firm sank in October after months of turmoil
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What happens to development plans when a council goes ‘bankrupt’?
When a section 114 ‘bankruptcy’ notice is put in place, a council’s non-statutory services are restricted and housebuilding ‘goes to the back of the queue’. Yet the growing number of councils in this situation are finding ways to carry on building
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Bust housing business owes more than £8m, liquidator says
Real Contracting Group went under just two years after being set up
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Ӱ Safety Regulator to assess four in 10 occupied higher-risk buildings by 2026
New regulator publishes its first strategic plan, setting out a three-year ‘roadmap’ for action
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Insurance giant asks cladding remediation contractor staff to wear body cameras
AXA says videos will help ensure clear record of work done
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Autumn statement 2023: coverage all in one place
Ӱ’s coverage of the Autumn Statement all in one place
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Hunt announces £110m nutrient mitigation fund to ‘unlock 40,000 homes’
Extension of affordable homes guarantee scheme and low borrowing rates for councils are also confirmed
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Homes England backs volumetric modular with £15m loan to TopHat
Funding body makes lending facility available despite recent high-profile failures
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Revealed: average salaries for leadership roles at largest 50 housebuilders
A new survey reveals the locations and job titles within the industry that command the most impressive wages and bonuses. Matilda Battersby reports.
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DLUHC issues fresh guidance on plan to stop developers building unless they carry out cladding repairs
Update says department expects planning authorities to check whether any firms are on list banning them from working
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Taylor Wimpey plan for 1,100 homes in Lancashire gets OK after appeal
Housing secretary Michael Gove overturns original decision of local council to refuse permission
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Make energy efficient homes stamp duty-free, says TopHat boss
Modular housebuilder tells chancellor needs more government support
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UK housebuilding recession: How much worse is it going to get?
With little prospect of a rapid reduction in interest rates to spur a recovery, many in the industry are now just looking to “survive until ’25”. Joey Gardiner looks at the prospects for residential developers doing so.