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Global property consultancy, Knight Frank, has revised its short-term forecast for the UK’s property market. Based on the assumption that the current lockdown will remain in place through April and May, with a gradual lifting through June, the firm is predicting... View Article

Richard Payne, Director of Development at Oblix Capital, looks beyond the Covid-19 crisis and considers the problems the Future Homes Standard, due for implementation in 2025, may present for housebuilders. In October 2019, the Government published the first of a... View Article

From David Bowen, Founder, Logicor Building regulations, the fundamental tools which help us building better, safer and more efficient homes, are undergoing a significant change. About time too. For too long they have not kept pace with changing practices and... View Article

“If nothing else, our current circumstances have certainly proven that the UK’s legislative draftsman are a genuinely exceptional and talented bunch of people. “Exactly seven days after the Coronavirus Act passed into law, we now have the statutory instrument necessary... View Article

Poly UK, a subsidiary of international developer Poly Development and Holding Group, has appointed Bennett Construction as the main contractor for the delivery of 257 homes at Plaza Collection in Mill Hill, North West London. It has also simultaneously secured... View Article

On 24 March 2020, Taylor Wimpey plc (the ‘Company’) announced a number of measures that were taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the interest of the safety and wellbeing of our colleagues and customers. This included the temporary closure... View Article

Jamie Johnson, CEO, FJP Investment The spread of coronavirus is arguably the biggest global event since the Second World War, having a devastating impact on people’s health and financial markets. Billions has been wiped off the London and New York... View Article

Developer Southern Grove has secured a site in London commuter hotspot Maidstone for a significant fully affordable and design-led housing scheme. All 175 units that will be built on the site of the Old Springfield Library will be available through... View Article

Moda Living (Moda) and funding partner Apache Capital Partners have submitted a planning application to deliver a 722-home build-to-rent development in Birmingham. The plans were formed following extensive engagement with key stakeholders including Birmingham City Council, the Jewellery Quarter Development... View Article

Interest in extensions, garden rooms, home offices and annexes has surged by a fifth in the last week as people working from home for the first time realise they need more space, modular house-builder Built & Spaces reveals today. Large... View Article

The number of new build homes started and completed in the last quarter of 2019 fell below government targets, according to new government figures published today – and the industry says the coronavirus pandemic is set to impact these further. According to... View Article

Small and medium-sized construction building companies need urgent and immediate additional support from the Government to prevent wide-scale insolvencies and job losses, said the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) in a letter sent today to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy... View Article

The Housing Growth Partnership (HGP) – a partnership between Lloyds Bank and Homes England – announced today it has supported house builders to deliver and sell 1,000 new homes across the UK. Launched in 2015, HGP has provided over £120m1... View Article

Government plans to put good design and place-making at the heart of a reformed planning system have been welcomed by the Royal Town Planning Institute. Speaking in Parliament, Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said that the new system would champion tree-lined... View Article