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The Home Builders Federation, the developers trade body, says planning permissions for new homes continues to fall sharply. Figures for 2023 -...

Building homes on brownfield land will be turbocharged under a major shake-up to planning rules promised by the UK government. Every council...

Total value of UK housing fell marginally in 2023 by 0.3 per cent or £27 billion, but remains significantly higher than...

The government has been making a flurry of announcements about new investment areas in recent weeks, the single biggest of which...

On Wednesday Keir Starmer made a radical announcement which some saw as political suicide and others saw as a much-needed breath...

Every quarter the British Property Federation (BPF) and Savills work together, along with data specialists Molior, to plot a Build to...

The debate over whether private or public investment should be prioritised when it comes to building new homes continues to divide...

Ealing Council and award-winning housebuilder The Hill Group have formally opened the newly regenerated Seasprite Close, thus successfully handing over 92...

Two pioneering tech firms have partnered to deliver the UK’s first homes to guarantee residents zero energy bills. Octopus Energy and ilke...

The build-to-rent market has long been characterised by providing expensive, urban flats for young adults; but 2021 was a landmark year...

A housing development company wholly owned by Manchester City Council was formally launched late last week (Friday February 4) in order...

Things that don’t mix well? Polka dots and stripes, planning and politics. The run-up to an election is usually an uncertain...

The First Homes scheme, one of the flagship housing schemes announced by the government last year as Boris Johnson finally tried...

Research by Unlatch has revealed where across the UK we’re most in need of new homes based on the size of...

This week, Property Investor Today takes a look at the latest development news, from an architect's pledge to design a hotel-style student...

One of the biggest criticisms of the fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) market has been its perceived exclusive nature and its...

Octopus Real Estate, part of Octopus Group and a leading UK specialist real estate lender and investor, has revealed that it has...

This mini housebuilding roundup features Lovell’s pledge to combat the housing shortage with refurbishment, and two ambitious deals from Pocket Living...

The Local Government Association (LGA) recently launched the fifth year of the Housing Advisers Programme, a scheme that helps councils tackle...

In what will be seen as a major win, one of the UK’s leading developers and managers of retirement communities has...

Research from a new-build snagging company has found that a number of new-build homes being delivered are unfit for purpose as housebuilders...

Herefordshire Council has approved plans for a development that will see the delivery of 120 factory-built affordable homes – one of...

The latest new-build property market insight from BuildScan has revealed which UK areas have seen housebuilders take their foot off the...

Covid-19 has had a radical impact across almost every aspect of society, and it is no different when it comes to...

ilke Homes has partnered with emh group to deliver affordable homes in Beeston, Nottinghamshire. In light of the government’s reforms to increase...

Pre-Covid, interest in modern methods of construction (MMC), specifically modular, was steadily growing. However, the pandemic and subsequent lockdown restrictions put in...

In September last year, Hungarian-based property developer Cordia International acquired Birmingham-based, PRS-specialist developer Blackswan Property Limited. The Blackswan acquisition marked Cordia’s first investment in the UK market and is...

The top five areas across the UK which are prime for major development have been revealed by global property consultancy Knight...

Research by TrustedLand and LandTech has revealed that more than half of the UK’s small and mid-sized property developers expect to...

The former Master Brewer Hotel in Hillingdon, which has been left vacant since 2012, has taken a step closer to being...

A leading modular housing company has partnered with housing provider Stonewater to deliver 120 affordable eco-homes to Hereford in a deal...

Legal & General Modular Homes has announced that it has secured planning consent to deliver 154 homes, using modular construction, at...

The knock-on effects of the spread of coronavirus and the subsequent government lockdown will result in 56,000 fewer homes being delivered...

Building better-designed homes in suitable areas is at the centre of new planning rules published by Housing Secretary James Brokenshire. As well...

Taking into account the wide range of views expressed to the proposals set out in the ‘places, people and planning’ consultation,...

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

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

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

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

The Scottish government needs to build on the recent improvement in planning performance in order to help increase the supply of...