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Vistry Group, the UK’s leading provider of mixed-tenure homes, and The Hyde Group (Hyde) have received planning consent from Medway Council for Phases 4 and 5 of Rochester Riverside. These latest phases will deliver 353 new homes at the joint-venture’s... View Article

VIVID, a leading provider of affordable homes in the south of England, has started construction work in Bursledon to build 12 new homes. The development will comprise of 7 social rent homes and 5 shared ownership homes, on the cusp... View Article

Top 10 UK housebuilder, Keepmoat, has announced its transformative plans to create 313 new homes and a 68-unit extra care facility in Driffield. The development, which recently received planning approval, is part of Keepmoat’s wider commitment to delivering high-quality, multi-tenure... View Article

Housebuilder Story Homes is delighted to have secured planning permission to deliver 111 new homes and the associated infrastructure on land at West End Farm in Ulverston. Westmorland & Furness Council resolved to grant planning consent for the scheme at its Planning Committee... View Article

Bloor Homes is celebrating Five Star customer recognition from the Home Builders Federation (HBF) for a seventh consecutive year, awarded for excellence in customer satisfaction. The HBF Five Star status is based on feedback from home buyers, collected via the... View Article

UK homebuilding group untypical has received five-star status for both its brands, Tilia Homes and Hopkins Homes, in the latest Home Builders Federation (HBF) National New Homes Customer Satisfaction Survey. The rating is based on at least 90 per cent... View Article

Top 10 UK housebuilder, Keepmoat, alongside Persimmon Homes, have acquired a 43.3 acre site in Ingleby Barwick to deliver 345 homes that will regenerate a disused farm. The site, off Welwyn Road, will create 339 houses and six bungalows under the... View Article

Hampshire-headquartered Bargate Homes has achieved a five-star Rating in the annual Home Builders Federation (HBF) Customer Satisfaction Survey in the first full year it has participated in the esteemed scheme. The HBF allocates stars for customer satisfaction, based on homeowner... View Article

Octopus Real Estate has provided a £33m loan to Wavensmere Homes and Montane Partners to fund the £50m redevelopment of the North Place surface car park, located within Cheltenham’s Central Conservation Area. Arkle Court will comprise 147 houses and apartments,... View Article

Independent housebuilder Dandara has achieved the highest accolade in the latest Home Builders Federation (HBF) annual New Homes Survey, achieving five stars for customer satisfaction for the fifth consecutive year. The HBF New Homes Survey is one of the largest... View Article

Midlands-based homebuilder, Cameron Homes, has started works on the site of its new development in Cheslyn Hay. The Paddocks is a collection of 17 new homes catering to a wide range of buyers. Offering a mix of two, three and four-bedroom... View Article

Labour’s housebuilding targets are ambitious, but is the industry ready to meet them? Neil Bills, Director of Landscaping Products at Bradstone explores what must change to turn ambition into reality.  The ambition from the Labour government to drive a new... View Article

In her Spring budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves revealed that the Government expects to undershoot its manifesto target of 1.5 million homes in five years, estimating there will be fewer than 1.3 million “cumulative net additions to the UK housing stock“... View Article

A launch event for the publication of the annual UK housing ‘bible’ – the 2025 UK Housing Review – was held at the House of Lords today. Lord Richard Best, the host of the event, urged all political parties to... View Article

Gary Durden joins as new Land Director to support ambitious growth plans Surrey-based property developer Bruckland Developments has appointed Gary Durden as its new Land Director, as it puts strategies in place to support an ambitious five-year growth plan. Gary’s... View Article

Wakefield-based housebuilder Avant Homes West Yorkshire has submitted plans and exchanged contracts on a 5.63-acre site in Lofthouse Gate, Wakefield to deliver a £19.9m, 80-home development. Called Lingwell Gate and located on Lingwell Gate Lane in Lofthouse Gate, the site will consist... View Article

Housebuilder Avant Homes has acquired a 20.1-acre site in Yaddlethorpe and been granted planning to deliver a £45m, 200 new home development. Called Moorwell Meadows and located off Scotter Road South, the development will comprise a mix of two-, three-, four- and... View Article

Housebuilder Peter James Homes has started work on a major new environmentally friendly development in Bramcote, a few miles away from its own headquarters. The 169-home Hemlock Gate development, on Coventry Lane, will become the firm’s most eco-friendly site, with every home boasting... View Article