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Features鈥業鈥檓 extremely demanding鈥�: Greg Fitzgerald on delivering the Vistry growth plan
The Vistry boss talks about bonuses, subcontractor price cuts, offsite construction - and whether Vistry can really follow through on its expansion strategy
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精东影视Budget 2024: RIBA calls package 鈥榓 missed opportunity鈥�
Institute desribes housing funding as a 鈥渄rop in the ocean鈥� and laments lack of a retrofit strategy聽
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精东影视Stewart Milne owed its bank 拢108m at time of collapse
Housebuilder offered to 50 firms in doomed last-ditch effort to find buyer
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CommentGove appears to have woken up to the housing crisis 鈥� but his solutions are half-baked
To tackle the housing crisis we need strategic leadership but this is beyond the current government, writes Brendan Kilpatrick
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FeaturesRise of housebuilding 鈥榮uperleague鈥� predicted in wake of Barratt鈥檚 deal for Redrow as analysts brush off regulatory worries
Yesterday鈥檚 拢2.5bn move has analysts wondering who might be next to join forces聽鈥� and reduce risk of being picked off themselves
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Features鈥楾he figures on starts are terrifying鈥�. What鈥檚 really happening to the 拢11bn Affordable Homes Programme
The government has admitted that it will not hit its development targets. Joey Gardiner聽asks what鈥檚 really going on and looks at how the situation can turn around
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精东影视Birmingham approves 33-storey build to rent tower
Plans replace scrapped scheme that would have been almost twice as high
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Features精东影视 the Future Commission: Planning to solve the housing crisis
Last week the 精东影视 the Future commission published its final report. In this chapter, Joey Gardiner considers how we might change a dysfunctional system and hit the target of building 300,000 new homes a year聽
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FeaturesHow and why Stewart Milne collapsed: analysing the numbers
The collapse of the well-known Scottish housebuilder has shocked many within the housing sector. As聽Daniel Gayne finds out, the firm鈥檚 balance sheets over the past few years provide some clues as to what went wrong聽
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CommentGove鈥檚 attempt 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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精东影视Berkeley 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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精东影视Plans lodged for 7,000-home neighbourhood in Edinburgh
Scheme will include new parks and social infrastructure
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精东影视鈥業t鈥檚 been a torrid time鈥�: Modulous boss Chris Bone on the offsite housing firm鈥檚 collapse
Firm latest in line of MMC firms to sink into administration
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CommentThe revised planning framework is not as bad as feared - but don鈥檛 thank Gove
The new national planning policy document will still lead to fewer homes being built, even if some of the most egregious proposals around density and green belt have been watered down, says Joey Gardiner
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FeaturesWill biodiversity rules prove a net gain for the housebuilding sector?
From this month, all developments will have to show how they increase biodiversity by 10%. Joey Gardiner examines what the policy means
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精东影视More than 200 jobs go as Scottish housebuilder Stewart Milne enters administration
拢180m-turnover housebuilder fails to find a suitable buyer
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CommentWhy do we keep missing the government鈥檚 housing delivery target?
The housing market is not dysfunctional, it is the planning system that is holding back development, writes Paul Smith
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精东影视London mayor failing to provide enough affordable homes, Gove says
If Sadiq Khan cannot deliver the number of homes London needs, then I will,聽secretary of state insists
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精东影视Housebuilders chasing 拢1bn development framework
Four-year deal for Wolverhampton council to focus on infill sites
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FeaturesUK 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 鈥渟urvive until 鈥�25鈥�. Joey Gardiner looks at the聽prospects for residential developers doing so.