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22 February 2024
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Volume housebuilder Weston Homes has announced a commercial opportunity at its new £185m Langley Square waterside scheme in Dartford. The 2,960 square...
30 November 2023
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Over £1 billion has been invested in the burgeoning Build To Rent Single Family Housing sector in the first three quarters...
31 October 2023
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A major new housebuilder survey has found that concerns are growing over the short-term outlook for the UK economy. Knight Frank interviewed...
12 September 2023
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Construction industry insight and intelligence consultancy Glenigan has produced its industry forecast for the next three years - and in a...
29 June 2023
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Affordable housing provider SO Resi has appointed its Group Head of Sales, Kevin Sims, into a newly created role to boost...
19 January 2023
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Permission for the first phase of Dagenham Green has been granted. Plans to build 935 homes on the site of the...
04 November 2022
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Every quarter the British Property Federation (BPF) and Savills work together, along with data specialists Molior, to plot a Build to...
21 October 2022
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Berkshire, Hampshire, and Buckinghamshire will become home to new developments over the next few years. Housebuilder Kebbell is behind the three new...
12 October 2022
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Native Group has announced the creation of Native Residential as a new business entity, as well as announcing a range of promotions and new...
12 October 2022
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A recent market analysis by Unlatch has revealed where London’s new-build premium hotspots are. Housebuilders who hone in on these parts of...
30 September 2022
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Ealing Council and award-winning housebuilder The Hill Group have formally opened the newly regenerated Seasprite Close, thus successfully handing over 92...
23 September 2022
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As the UK has set its sights on achieving net-zero by 2050, more and more measures will need to be put in...
27 July 2022
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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
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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
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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
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PIT looks at the latest trends in the UK rental market and investment strategies for buy-to-let landlords and investors. Revolution Brokers uncovers the...
06 July 2022
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Not for the first time, the worlds of property and football have collided with the proposed takeover of beleaguered Derby County...
01 July 2022
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The UK private rented sector has become increasingly attractive to institutional, large-scale investors in recent years as returns on investment elsewhere...
29 June 2022
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The green light has been given by New Forest District Council to Metis Homes, experienced and highly reputable property developers since...
10 June 2022
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The Queen’s speech was yet another opportunity missed by Government to decarbonise the nation’s homes according to Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the...
27 May 2022
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In this week’s roundup, PIT takes a look at the latest UK schemes, including the newest phase in Barratt London and...
11 May 2022
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Since the devastating tragedy of the Grenfell tower fire in 2017, cladding issues have been highlighted across thousands of properties in...
29 April 2022
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In this guest piece, Judith Tan, head of capital markets at EstateGuru, looks at how investors can hedge their bets against...
27 April 2022
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Radcliffe-on-Trent is set for 280 'quality' new homes courtesy of housebuilder Spitfire Homes, after it acquired a site with outline planning...
06 April 2022
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UK developer of new communities and homes, St. Modwen Homes, recently announced plans for projects to deliver over 1,100 properties in England. They...
18 March 2022
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Here, Giles Sutcliffe, head of affordable housing at Cluttons, shares his insight on what is needed in order to achieve affordable...
16 March 2022
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The government’s Levelling Up Home Building Fund is unlikely to provide enough funding to supply loans to all of the nation’s...
14 March 2022
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This week, Property Investor Today takes a look at the latest development news, from 160 new green homes coming to Croxley Green...
28 February 2022
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While the level of new homes being granted planning permission dipped during the first year of the pandemic, this negative trend...
25 February 2022
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The cost of construction for a new-build property is set to climb by almost £18,000 per unit – a jump that...
21 February 2022
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Top five housebuilder Bellway has selected leading modular housing company ilke Homes to deliver 40 factory-built homes on a site in...
09 February 2022
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Zero-carbon housebuilder Etopia Homes has pinpointed the towns and cities in England which could make the best use of the government’s...
19 January 2022
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Legal & General Capital (L&G) and Hodge have invested £5.5 million into an energy technology and services company supporting the transition...
17 January 2022
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Things that don’t mix well? Polka dots and stripes, planning and politics. The run-up to an election is usually an uncertain...
17 January 2022
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New home supply challenges will persist throughout the year, housebuilders have warned. The WhatHouse? Predictions Report 22 reveals that while 71% of...
07 January 2022
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In this first development roundup of 2022, Property Investor Today explores a new green community close to Northampton and the granting...
07 January 2022
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As we begin 2022, Andrea Fawell, sales and marketing director of property developers Kebbell, gives a very honest account of the market factors that are...
05 January 2022
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Research by Unlatch has revealed where across the UK we’re most in need of new homes based on the size of...
20 December 2021
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New-build homes account for 6.5% of pandemic property purchases, new research from Unlatch finds. The new-build sales optimisation platform looked at the...
15 December 2021
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Birmingham is being left behind in the race to deliver new homes, according to Davidson Estates. Ben Davidson, managing director of the...
13 December 2021
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A new report by planning consultancy Lichfields has raised major issues for the growing housing emergency and the government’s target of...
06 December 2021
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Lovell Partnerships has completed the refurbishment of a former training and enterprise centre owned by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (MBC) to...
29 November 2021
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In this guest piece, St. Modwen Homes explores the idea of property buyers designing their first home on a digital platform before...
26 November 2021
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Niche housebuilder Artisan Real Estate has raised the bar for sustainable development with the launch of an ambitious design framework geared...
22 November 2021
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Research by real estate debt advisory specialists Sirius Property Finance has revealed how the pandemic halved the profits taken by the...
22 November 2021
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In this Q&A, Property Investor Today speaks to Sean Gavin, Operations Director at Berkeley South East London, for his thoughts on...
19 November 2021
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This development roundup focuses on build to rent and regeneration, with Kebbell expanding its Cornelian Fields development, Gresham House loan for a...
17 November 2021
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We recently ran a series on the commercial to residential trend sweeping across Britain in these post-Covid times, driven by offices,...
17 November 2021
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Despite COP26 now being finished, sustainability and the race towards net zero remain high up on the agenda, with PIT receiving...
15 November 2021
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The cladding tax introduced in last week’s Budget could cost the nation’s biggest housebuilders £205 million a year, research from Sirius...
01 November 2021
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In this piece, Katherine Rose, managing director of VervLife, explains why Build to Rent (BTR) operators may want to consider switching...
29 October 2021
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Octopus Real Estate, part of Octopus Group and a leading UK specialist real estate lender and investor, has revealed that it has...
27 October 2021
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The existing planning system is the biggest obstacle to residential development, according to national property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH). Its annual...
20 October 2021
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A real estate specialist and a banking giant have joined forces to invest £1 billion over the next 3-5 years in...
11 October 2021
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In this development roundup, ilke Homes gathers significant funding in a pledge to deliver 10,000 homes in the next five years,...
11 October 2021
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Housebuilder Countryside Properties has become the latest big developer to pledge an end to ground rents on leasehold properties, meaning that...
08 October 2021
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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
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Bespoke housebuilder Yorkshire Country Properties has signed a joint venture with real estate group, Dominvs Group, that will result in an...
01 October 2021
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In this property investment roundup, PIT zones in on a new co-living scheme in Exeter, a potential halt in housebuliding and...
29 September 2021
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Following the news of the departure of Robert Jenrick and the introduction of Michael Gove as Secretary of State for the newly renamed Department...
24 September 2021
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Leading housebuilder Harron Homes Yorkshire has submitted planning application to Barnsley Metropolitan Council for 236 new homes. The proposals will regenerate a...
20 September 2021
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A development of 21 flats in Hanley was given the green light in a bid to regenerate the area. ALB Group put...
17 September 2021
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An effective method for sourcing and obtaining sites is critical to the success of any property developer. Starting construction on a...
08 September 2021
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So, you’re planning on buying a new home. Between organising your paperwork and moving preparations, the process of changing properties can...
19 August 2021
From: Property Investment & Strategy
Knight Frank has announced that the UK’s Build to Rent (BTR) market received record levels of investment in the first two...
16 August 2021
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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
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Dover District Council has approved Etopia Homes’ plans to deliver 50 eco-friendly homes on a site in Eastry, Kent. Situated on Gore...
26 July 2021
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The Urban Splash Residential Fund (USR) has announced a £25.8 million deal acquiring sustainable new homes created using Modern Methods of...
12 July 2021
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Inspired Villages, operator of retirement villages established by Legal & General, has achieved planning permission to deliver a £100 million retirement...
07 July 2021
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Knights Quarter, the brand-new development in the heart of Winchester, is offering an ‘exciting’ investment opportunity with a collection of apartments,...
23 June 2021
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Whether you’d describe it as a housing shortage or crisis, it is clear that the UK’s unprecedented demand for new-build homes...
21 June 2021
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Research from a new-build snagging company has found that a number of new-build homes being delivered are unfit for purpose as housebuilders...
18 June 2021
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Simple Life has partnered with Vistry Partnerships and Wakefield District Housing to build 140 two and three-bedroom eco-friendly properties in the...
02 June 2021
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The UK’s 10 biggest developers could each face a potential average tax bill of £25 million per year if the government...
28 May 2021
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Following the recent vote in parliament to reject the latest amendment to the Fire Safety Bill, Mary-Anne Bowring of Ringley has...
07 May 2021
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A new PropTech engine has issued more than £600 million worth of Instant Sales Guarantee proposals in the first three months...
07 May 2021
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A property expert has claimed that the government’s new ‘Help to Build’ initiative is a positive step forward, but that the...
05 May 2021
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Research by London South Bank University (LSBU) has claimed that the high-profile collapse of construction giant Carillion in January 2018 highlights ‘a culture of financial...
26 April 2021
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Herefordshire Council has approved plans for a development that will see the delivery of 120 factory-built affordable homes – one of...
23 April 2021
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Despite being riddled with issues, Crossrail 1 – which is finally supposed to operate fully in 2022 – has had a...
21 April 2021
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Dundas Estates has teamed up with an estate agent expert for the first time to deliver a £35 million development in...
21 April 2021
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The latest new-build property market insight from BuildScan has revealed which UK areas have seen housebuilders take their foot off the...
12 April 2021
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One of Birmingham’s most distinctive areas, which is looking to escape from its manufacturing past and transform itself into one of...
09 April 2021
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Property developer and Reform UK leader Richard Tice has outlined a new warranty scheme to resolve the cladding crisis affecting thousands...
02 April 2021
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A national contractor says it has made ‘significant progress’ on three residential projects based in Leicester. The schemes from Stepnell include two...
02 April 2021
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Last week, two of the UK’s biggest housebuilders – Barratt and Berkeley – held webinars aimed at investors. While new-build developments have traditionally...
24 March 2021
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Housebuilding took a hit as a result of the pandemic, but there are signs that it is now starting to recover. In...
24 March 2021
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Housebuilder Kebbell has unveiled its new Berkshire scheme of luxury apartments, Osborne House, which hosts six spacious, three-bedroom apartments located near the...
22 March 2021
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The National Leasehold Campaign (NLC) – the UK's largest and most influential campaign group on leasehold reform - has welcomed the...
22 March 2021
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A leading private wealth law firm claims that architects are increasingly prepared to take legal action against developers in a bid to...
19 March 2021
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Work has commenced on a £9.2 million housing scheme in Castleford, West Yorkshire, which will transform a brownfield site into high-quality,...
15 March 2021
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The self-build market is estimated to have declined in value by some 10% in 2020, as a result of the Covid-19...
12 March 2021
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In the second instalment of our International Women’s Day series, we explore the topic of diversity in property and construction, the...
10 March 2021
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A recent report has revealed the three factors holding women back when seeking their first job in property are unequal growth...
08 March 2021
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In this bumper development roundup, PIT explores regeneration projects in Sheffield, office to residential conversions in high-end Bloomsbury and schemes providing...
05 March 2021
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Pre-Covid, interest in modern methods of construction (MMC), specifically modular, was steadily growing. However, the pandemic and subsequent lockdown restrictions put in...
10 February 2021
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Build to Rent (BTR) specialist Ascend Properties has forecast that completions in the sector will double by 2025, as the fast-growing...
05 February 2021
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The level of new homes reaching the market has fallen by more than 32,000 across England year-on-year, research by StripeHomes has...