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Growth prospects for the UK construction industry have been downgraded amid growing signs that 2018 will be a difficult year for...

A third of small building firms, which includes property investors taking on renovation jobs, say that soaring material prices are squeezing...

The mayor of London’s plan to build an additional 50,000 affordable homes across the capital’s 33 local authority districts over the...

A new £500m regeneration scheme moved a step closer after plans for the project, which include the proposed construction of a...

Various major physical infrastructure projects will be supported by the new £2.3bn Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) launched by the communities secretary,...

Marshall Group Properties has agreed a strategic 50:50 joint venture partnership with housebuilder Hill to deliver 450 new homes in Cambridge. The...

House prices in England and Wales returned to growth in May, pushing the average property value to a new all-time high...

A host of self build celebrities, including Kevin McCloud of Grand Designs and George Clarke of Amazing Spaces, have backed the...

With successive governments failing to build enough housing - particularly social housing - the UK is in the grip of a...

More British homeowners trust the Conservatives more than Labour to fix the country’s ‘broken’ housing market, according to a new poll. With...

The Liberal Democrats launched its manifesto yesterday ahead of next month’s general election pledging to deliver 300,000 new homes a year,...

Housebuilders may never meet the demand for housing north of the border due to the various challenges that they face when...

New housing experienced solid growth in March, up 3.8% on the month, despite a 0.7% drop in wider UK construction output,...

Real estate markets across Germany’s main cities are starting to look increasingly attractive to international property investors, especially those in southern...

The number of residential properties receiving planning consent continues to increase and reached almost 300,000 last year, fresh figures show. According to...

Housebuilder Persimmon Homes will develop up to 250 new homes on the outskirts of Derby following a deal overseen by commercial...

The Scottish government is still failing to address the issue of housing supply, according to Homes for Scotland.   In response to the...

Leading housebuilders and housing associations, including British Land and the Berkeley Group, are urging the government to back Crossrail 2 as...

More than 13,000 new homes were registered to be built across the UK in February, according to the NHBC’s latest registration...

One of the UK’s largest housebuilders has welcomed the new apprenticeship levy, which comes into effect this week, as part of...

The number of new homes breaking ground in central London has plunged by 75% year-on-year as housebuilders put planned projects on...

Britain’s housing shortage could be resolved if housebuilders were allowed to build significantly more new homes on the green belt, according...

Investors are being offered an opportunity to play their own small part in solving London’s worsening crisis by investing in a...

A sharp fall in the number of homes being built north of the border is likely to push up house prices...

The housebuilding industry has opposed plans by the Scottish government to raise the maximum fee level for planning applications to £125,000...

UK house prices are likely to continue to rise in 2017 as building lags demand for homes, the Halifax has warned. The...

There is growing appetite for self-build homes north of the border, as the benefits, both in terms of lifestyle and costs,...

There is a well documented housing crisis in England, especially in the south of the country where property prices are at...

Residential property prices and private rents in Scotland’s cities are expected to rise sharply in the next five years due to...

The scale of Michael and John Taggart’s financial liabilities have been disclosed, revealing that the former property tycoons and brothers from...

Fewer people are buying resale properties in the U.S., mainly because there is a shortage of housing on the market, new...

SME housebuilders could start building significantly more new homes in England and Wales if barriers to growth were cut, according to...

With close to 200,000 homes built last year, the government looks to be on course to meet its target of building...

Major plans to revamp Scotland’s planning system have been proposed by the Scottish government to help speed up housebuilding.  The proposals are...

Residential property prices were at the forefront of the Brexit debate in the run-up to the EU referendum, with the now...

Residential property prices in the UK rose by 1.7% in December compared with the previous month to reach an average of...

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, a...

England's first garden villages have been proposed for 14 sites across the country along with three larger garden towns in Buckinghamshire,...

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, housebuilders...

New housing remained the strongest strand of construction output in October, despite the surprise slowdown in overall construction output, the latest...

Ministers are expected to back the construction of thousands of much needed new homes on green belt land when it releases...

With significantly more homes required to meet the needs and aspirations of Scotland’s growing population, the home building industry north of...

The chancellor Philip Hammond announced a range of housing measures in his first Autumn Statement, including £1.4bn of cash to help build...

Profitability at the UK’s largest housebuilders has increased at more than twice the rate of new housing output, shows new research...

The number of new homes recorded in England has increased to its highest level since the financial crash, official figures have...

If you time your property investment right you could potentially save thousands of pounds on your acquisition, as reflected by historical...

A severe undersupply of residential development sites and office space created by strong economic growth in Leeds City Region, which includes...

The UK’s construction sector recorded its weakest performance since 2012 in the third quarter of the year, official figures have revealed. Construction...

A chronic shortage of housing in the UK is continuing to place upward pressure on residential property prices, according to the...

An 18-acre brownfield site in Leicester’s Waterside area will be developed into a new neighbourhood of homes, shops and workplaces, which...

Business leaders have called for a "step change" in housebuilding if the government is to meet its ambition of delivering one...

Residential property prices in the UK are expected to remain largely flat until the Brexit negotiations are concluded in 2019, according...

Investment and development company Martin’s Properties and housebuilder BlackOnyx have joined forces to launch Obsidian Strategic – a joint venture (JV)...

Confidence among housebuilders has improved, with many residential property developers confident that they will succeed in their efforts to build more...

LendInvest has released new dates for a training course aimed at aspiring property developers to be held early next year.   The course...

Consumer demand for building work remained strong in the three months following the vote for Brexit, new figures from the Federation...

Major changes in the makeup of the portfolio of rural estate income in recent years is now probably more important than at...

Residential property prices continued to cool in September as the property market softens, with the latest data from Halifax revealing that...

Housebuilding activity in September rose at the fastest pace since January with various developers reporting resilient demand and generally improving market...

The government’s plan to tackle the housing shortage by building 25,000 new homes using a £3bn Home Building Fund has been broadly...

The government has been accused of 'failing to put its money where its mouth is' when it comes to housing after...

With the number of new homes being built across the UK still significantly below the level needed to meet demand, compounding the...

House price inflation across the UK dropped to 8.3% in the year to July, down from 9.7% in June, according to...

An increase in housebuilding levels helped to ensure that overall construction output remained flat in July following a 1% drop in...

With the summer nearing an end, it is traditional for the experts to look ahead to what property markets have in...

Better collaboration between housebuilders and subcontractors holds the key to solving the major shortage of skills in the housebuilding sector which...

More than two-thirds of government spending on house-buying incentive programmes, such as Help to Buy, may have boosted demand for property,...

Scotland’s housebuilding industry has expressed concern over the impact of the land and buildings transaction tax (LBTT) following its introduction in...

The latest housebuilding data shows that there was an increase in the number of new build housing schemes started in England...

Residential property prices in Scotland rose in June and the signs are that values will increase further as demand continues to...

Up to 350 lower-cost residential units, including 150 affordable properties, will be developed in Croydon, after a property fund managed by...

The Brexit vote will undoubtedly dominate David Cameron's legacy as Prime Minister, but he should also be remembered for leaving behind...

More than two-thirds of planning applications for the construction of new homes in London were approved during the second quarter of...

A chronic shortage of properties continues to push house prices upwards across Barcelona, according to a new report. The report from CBRE reveals...

Property prices were at the forefront of the EU debate in the run-up to the referendum, with the now former Chancellor...

The UK’s construction industry suffered its worst contraction since 2009 in June as uncertainty around the EU referendum led to concern...

Developers in the UK are actively looking to address the major shortage of skills in the housebuilding sector as part of...

Councillors met last week to discuss a draft version of the Local Plan for housing in Redbridge which outlines plans for...

Housebuilders are responding to high demand from buyers and renters by increasing the level of residential construction, as reflected by the...

The government’s target of building 1m new homes over this parliament is a realistic one, according to Aston Mead land and...

The number of new homes that were built in England in the first quarter of this year fell, government figures show. A...

The level of housebuilding in the UK rose to its highest-ever level in the first quarter of this year, despite a...

With just hours to go until voting for the London mayoral election closes, housing remains a key issue with all the leading...

A chronic shortage of properties continues to drive house prices upwards across Britain. But a significant increase in the number of...

Over half of MPs believe that fees for planning applications should increase, according to a new poll. The survey, commissioned by the...

There was a sharp rise in the number of new homes under construction in February, despite an overall fall in construction...

Spanish property prices have been plummeting since the 2008 global financial crisis struck, but market conditions appear to be improving, according...

Buy-to-let investors could be forgiven for feeling rather under siege as 2015 draws to a close. Landlords who had been encouraged over...

In George Osborne’s Autumn Statement last week, it was announced that efforts to increase home ownership were a priority. However, his words...

Paragon Group has released its results for the year ending 30 September 2015, reporting that buy-to-let lending has increased by over...