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![Work gets underway on two community centres and 55 new homes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/BrentIndian-400x310.png)
The start of construction has been marked by two ground-breaking ceremonies on a £28 million housing project that will aim to...
14 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Brownfield remediation: The Answer to the UK’s Growing Inner-City Populations?](/upload/images/Back-link-images/4houses.jpg)
The UK has seen a rapid uptick in its population over the last two decades. To put it into perspective, between...
21 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![ilke Homes installs first factory-built homes in Hereford](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/ModularHomes-1-400x310.jpg)
The first factory-built homes have been craned into place on a site in Hereford to deliver an affordable housing scheme for...
20 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Wholesome homes – 1,200 new units for London’s rough sleepers](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HomeInHands-400x310.jpg)
Since 2016, City Hall services have closely worked with councils and charities to assist 12,000 homeless people into safe, long-term accommodation. The...
20 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Keys to the council - Hill Group gifts SoloHaus to house the homeless](/upload/images/Developments%20%26%20Projects/TheHIllGroup-400x310.png)
An initiative by award-winning housebuilder, The Hill Group, saw that keys were officially handed over for six SoloHaus to Southend-on-Sea City...
15 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: New Yorkers head for London as the Big Apple loses its shine](/upload/images/Locations/London-WestEnd-400x310.jpg)
Haringtons, an independent buying agents based in London, has seen a rise in enquiries from the City of New York as...
29 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Planning update – approval for homes in Hastings, Manchester & Norfolk](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PropertyMarket-2-400x310-min.jpg)
In this mini update, PIT looks at the latest in planning applications, with affordable factory-built homes in Hastings, high-quality homes anticipated...
30 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![Innovate UK - how formerly homeless entrepreneur aims to help buyer couples](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/Kotini-400x310.jpg)
Here at Property Investor Today, we've regularly championed the work of young entrepreneurs involved within the property industry, from Lydia Jones...
21 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Development roundup – homes for the homeless and new phases begin](/upload/images/Site%20logos/DevelopmentRoundup-400x310.png)
In this week's development roundup, Property Investor Today looks at a new ambitious scheme that will see rough sleepers in Basildon...
16 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Council partners with modular firm to tackle homelessness](/upload/images/library/SoloHausModular-400x310.png)
Cornwall Council has entered into a landmark deal to buy SoloHaus ‘micro homes’ from The Hill Group to help tackle the...
17 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![A letter to Gove - why affordable housing is vital to truly level up the country](/upload/images/Politics%20(MPs%2C%20party%20logos%2C%20etc)/MichaelGove-400x310.jpg)
In this guest piece, Guy Horne, co-founder and chief executive of HSPG, sets out why provision of affordable and supported housing...
01 December 2021
From: Breaking News
![Modular scheme set to tackle homelessness in Haringey](/upload/images/library/SoloHausInterior-400x310.png)
Haringey has become the first council in London to provide specially designed modular homes to tackle homelessness and help those in...
08 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Vacant Properties – research uncovers the countries with the most empty homes](/upload/images/Vacant%20Properties.jpg)
Money.co.uk, an online comparison service that allows users to compare thousands of financial products, recently conducted a study analysing countries with the highest...
27 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Housebuilding – first deals, hidden abodes and Gloucestershire homes](/upload/images/library/Housebuilders-400x310.jpg)
This mini housebuilding roundup features Lovell’s pledge to combat the housing shortage with refurbishment, and two ambitious deals from Pocket Living...
04 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![LGA opens bids for Housing Advisers Programme to tackle housing shortage](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/HousingHelp-400x310.jpg)
The Local Government Association (LGA) recently launched the fifth year of the Housing Advisers Programme, a scheme that helps councils tackle...
24 September 2021
From: Breaking News
![Hull regeneration – construction begins at major new scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Developments/ConstructionBlueprints-400x310.png)
Construction work is now officially underway to bring over 500 new homes to a key regeneration site in Hull. Housebuilder Strata Homes...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Social housing - Emerging Futures secures £2.3m loan from SASC](/img/default/pit.png)
Not for profit charity Emerging Futures has secured a loan from Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC), from its Social and Sustainable...
14 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Modular – partnerships, digital construction and reaching climate goal](/img/default/pit.png)
Off-site construction specialist Premier Modular has been awarded a place on the new £330 million LHC Modular Buildings Framework. Premier’s appointment to the...
28 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Modular roundup – zero-carbon housing and tackling homelessness](/img/default/pit.png)
New homes built by North Yorkshire-based modular housing company ilke Homes have been installed at a site in Darlington. Karbon Homes has...
14 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Green homes - want to save the planet & improve your house using free money?](/img/default/pit.png)
I have been a developer and landlord for over 25 years and, for my sins, ended up owning an estates and...
14 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Development – Sussex cricket, new offsite homes and Notts scheme go-ahead](/img/default/pit.png)
Construction work has commenced on the Tate Residences, an ‘eagerly awaited’ luxury collection of 37 spacious apartments which overlook Sussex Cricket...
28 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Making modular the new normal - is it the future?](/img/default/pit.png)
Modular housing is growing in popularity, with many viewing it as one fast, eco-friendly way of solving the housing crisis. An...
27 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Covid-19 – developers help out and firm reveals landlord & tenant obligations](/img/default/pit.png)
The sense of us all being in this together continues, with the property industry very much continuing to play its part in...
08 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Why the government shouldn’t scrap Section 21](/img/default/pit.png)
Almost one in four households in Britain will be renting privately by then end of 2021. This is due to soaring...
29 May 2019
From: Breaking News
![How would the country's favourite soap stars fare in today's property market?](/img/default/pit.png)
If you thought getting on the property ladder was easier in soapland than in real life, it’s time to think again. Most...
08 February 2019
From: Breaking News
![The DUP’s housing policies at-a-glance](/img/default/pit.png)
After calling a surprise snap general election in a bid to increase her party’s majority in the House of Commons and...
12 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Election day is here, but which party is capable of fixing the housing crisis?](/img/default/pit.png)
With successive governments failing to build enough housing - particularly social housing - the UK is in the grip of a...
08 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Public trusts Conservatives more than Labour to fix housing crisis, poll says](/img/default/pit.png)
More British homeowners trust the Conservatives more than Labour to fix the country’s ‘broken’ housing market, according to a new poll. With...
06 June 2017
From: Breaking News
![Caridon Calls for Coherent Housing Policies from Politicians](/img/default/pit.png)
The policy focus of the upcoming election will be on Brexit, but political parties will do well to remember that housing...