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02 December 2022
From: Breaking News
![Legal & General Modular Homes selected for Wolverhampton residential scheme](/upload/images/Developments%20%26%20Projects/Wolverhampton_400x310.png)
Legal & General Modular Homes has recently been drafted by the City of Wolverhampton Council as its preferred developer from a...
28 September 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
![Construction tech firm raises £10m to help build net-zero modular homes](/upload/images/library/PropTech-Agent-Hands-400x310.jpg)
Construction technology firm Modulous has raised £10 million worth of funding to help developers and construction firms build modular housing without...
14 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
![Could modular homes solve the housing crisis?](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/ModularHomes-1-400x310.jpg)
The average UK house price hit a fresh high in May, rising for the 11th month in a row, according to...
08 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Modular housing set for a boost as build costs soar – claim](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/ModularHomes-1-400x310.jpg)
The homes we live in will increasingly be constructed off-site as investors and developers strive to balance spiralling costs with net-zero...
22 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Innovative partnership delivers first ever homes with zero energy bills](/upload/images/Energy%20and%20Green%20Homes/GreenEnvironment-400x310.png)
Two pioneering tech firms have partnered to deliver the UK’s first homes to guarantee residents zero energy bills. Octopus Energy and ilke...
15 June 2022
From: Breaking News
![Development – partnerships, revenue growth and Hong Kong investment](/upload/images/Site%20logos/DevelopmentRoundup-400x310.png)
This week, PIT delves into the latest in property development news – from the new partnership between ilke Homes and Man...
25 May 2022
From: Breaking News
![Development – new homes in Burgess Hill and a £5m apartment block](/upload/images/Site%20logos/DevelopmentRoundup-400x310.png)
This mini development roundup includes the strategic partnership between Places for People and ilke Homes to deliver new homes in the...
18 May 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
![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
![Partnership sees delivery of first modular scheme in Milton Keynes](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/ModularHomes-1-400x310.jpg)
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
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
![Planning update – from modular apartments to affordable homes](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/PlanningImage-400x310.jpg)
In this planning update, PIT takes a closer look at the 400-plus homes coming to Cambridge as part of a joint...
15 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
![Development roundup – ambitious investments and more modular homes](/upload/images/library/DevelopmentRoundup-400x310.png)
This mini development roundup features significant funding and investment for a Kensal Green development, a housing scheme in Corby and a...
13 October 2021
From: Breaking News
![Development – funding for high quality schemes and sustainable homes](/upload/images/library/DevelopmentRoundup-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Development roundup – from sky high flats to steel panel factories](/upload/images/library/DevelopmentRoundup-400x310.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Hunt is on for equity partner for £1.3 billion new Essex town centre](/upload/images/Locations/purfleet.png)
Purfleet Centre Regeneration Ltd has instructed Knight Frank Capital Advisory (KFCA) to seek a funding partner to deliver a major new mixed-use...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Law firm advises Town and Country Housing on modular homes acquisition](/upload/images/library/MergerAcquisition-1-400x310.jpg)
Law firm TLT has advised Town and Country Housing on its partnership with Legal & General Modular Homes to acquire a...
04 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Development roundup – redevelopment schemes and a modular focus](/img/default/pit.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![UK's largest low-rise modular housing scheme is underway in Nottingham](/img/default/pit.png)
Nottingham will soon become home to the UK's largest low-rise modular housing development. Yorkshire-based home manufacturer company ilke Homes will deliver...
21 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![Update – free frameworks webinars and the Building Safety Bill](/img/default/pit.png)
A series of free webinars are being held this month to help public sector clients access three major frameworks, including a...
21 July 2021
From: Breaking News
![UK’s first mainstream zero carbon homes arrive – are they the future?](/img/default/pit.png)
A government-backed modular housing ‘pioneer’ has unveiled the UK’s first mainstream zero carbon home, which it claims can cut energy bills...
07 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
![Staycation boom drives demand for holiday home developments](/img/default/pit.png)
After the Prime Minister warned the country not to travel to amber or red list countries, it is now looking increasingly...
09 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Q&A – housing digitisation, women in property and the future of short-lets](/img/default/pit.png)
In this Q&A, Property Investor Today speaks to Vivi Cahyadi Himmel, co-founder and chief executive of PropTech platform AltoVita, on a...
04 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![Onto the south – ilke Homes secures major development site in Exeter](/img/default/pit.png)
Leading modular housing company ilke Homes has secured a development site for 165 new homes on Phase 2, Exmouth Junction, Exeter...
21 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Modular update – Affordable housing scheme and wooden buildings](/img/default/pit.png)
Herefordshire Council has approved plans for a development that will see the delivery of 120 factory-built affordable homes – one of...
23 April 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
![Revealed - the capital’s largest BTR development unveiled by Greystar](/img/default/pit.png)
London’s largest purpose-built rental community – Greenford Quay in the London Borough of Ealing - is ready to be unveiled by...
12 April 2021
From: Breaking News
![Modular update – affordable modular homes coming to Beeston](/img/default/pit.png)
ilke Homes has partnered with emh group to deliver affordable homes in Beeston, Nottinghamshire. In light of the government’s reforms to increase...
17 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Investment roundup – self-build decline, Birmingham growth and new modular](/img/default/pit.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![Why modular housing is primed to deliver the green homes of the future](/img/default/pit.png)
In June 2019, the UK became the first country to commit to bringing all greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050. Environmentally-friendly...
03 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Modular housing roundup – the perks of MMC and the Covid-19 effect](/img/default/pit.png)
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
From: Breaking News
![BTR update – Goldman Sachs grows, L&G expands, new scheme in Brum](/img/default/pit.png)
Despite the introduction of Lockdown 3.0, the fast-growing Build to Rent (BTR) market shows no signs of slowing down, with acquisitions,...
13 January 2021
From: Breaking News
![Three major PBSA schemes topped out despite Covid roadblock](/img/default/pit.png)
Student accommodation provider Future Generation is ending the year on a high note by topping out three schemes in two months...
14 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![ilke Homes secures Rushden development to deliver 150 homes](/img/default/pit.png)
Fast-growing modular housing company ilke Homes has secured a site for residential development in Rushden, Northamptonshire, that has the potential to...
04 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Needed: documented evidence to support MMC, says expert](/img/default/pit.png)
In recent years, there has been a growing trend towards more innovative methods of construction - such as off-site and modular - to...
26 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![ilke Homes set to regenerate Nottinghamshire brownfield site](/img/default/pit.png)
ilke Homes has been selected by Nottinghamshire City Council to deliver up to 140 homes on a brownfield site in Arnold. The...
21 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Partnership to deliver eco-friendly modular homes in Neath](/img/default/pit.png)
Modular housing company ilke Homes has partnered with developer Abode Waterstone to deliver six factory-built affordable homes on a site near...
07 October 2020
From: Breaking News
![Premier Modular wins contract to house homeless in High Wycombe](/img/default/pit.png)
Offsite construction specialist Premier Modular has won a £7.5 million contract for a development of apartments that will provide facilities for...
05 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
![Investment round-up – from eco-friendly developments to retirement living growth](/img/default/pit.png)
Funds advised by Hilltop Credit Partners, a specialist funding partner for SME residential developers, have completed a £3 million loan to build...
31 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Modular build for Cambridge specialist independent school completes](/img/default/pit.png)
Modular construction specialists, Darwin Group, has delivered a new multi-use block for Gretton School in Cambridge. Scaling 234 sq m, the brand-new...
14 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Going green – modular housing firm the first carbon neutral housebuilder](/img/default/pit.png)
A modular housing and technology company backed by the Rueben Brothers has become the world’s first housebuilder to achieve both the...
12 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![ilke Homes to develop 76 sustainable homes in Worcestershire](/img/default/pit.png)
ilke Homes has partnered with Crea8ive Sustainable Homes to deliver 76 sustainable homes to Evesham, Worcestershire – marking ilke Homes' tenth...
10 August 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
![Network Rail partners with ilke Homes for modular housing development](/img/default/pit.png)
Network Rail and modular housing developer ilke Homes have announced a significant investment in a brownfield site next to Beeston station...
13 July 2020
From: Breaking News
![Insight – which developers are driving the Build to Rent boom?](/img/default/pit.png)
In part one, we looked at the major institutional investors ploughing money into the rapidly growing Build to Rent (BTR) sector. Here,...
17 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Will modular housing and self-build homes thrive post-pandemic?](/img/default/pit.png)
Two of the biggest emerging trends pre-pandemic, from a housebuilding and investment perspective, were the rise of modern methods of construction...
15 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Greening the market – new tie-up set to deliver eco-friendly homes](/img/default/pit.png)
A leading modular housing company has partnered with housing provider Stonewater to deliver 120 affordable eco-homes to Hereford in a deal...
08 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![Revealed: modern tech allows modular housing firm to continue working](/img/default/pit.png)
A modular housing developer has safely completed a housing development in Leeds and continues to work on six other sites across...
22 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Planning permission received for Legal & General’s major modular homes scheme](/img/default/pit.png)
Legal & General Modular Homes has announced that it has secured planning consent to deliver 154 homes, using modular construction, at...
11 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![Green property – Legal & General boosts eco credentials with tech tie-up](/img/default/pit.png)
One of the biggest players in the burgeoning Build to Rent market has announced that it has taken a 36% stake...
22 April 2020
From: Breaking News
![Major trade body calls for Chancellor to make housing greener](/img/default/pit.png)
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), one of the biggest and most influential trade bodies in the UK, has called...
21 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - talking modular housing, sustainability and the self-build boom](/img/default/pit.png)
With the number of major modular housing providers in the UK increasing, and calls getting ever-louder for more modern methods of...
19 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Homebuilder installs first modular homes in Stoke-on-Trent](/img/default/pit.png)
Modern homebuilder St. Modwen Homes has installed two new modular properties at its Victoria Park development in Stoke-on-Trent. The installation of the...
31 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A – what are the differences between UK Build to Rent and US Multifamily?](/img/default/pit.png)
With Build to Rent the private rented sector’s fastest-growing marketplace, and a major consideration for an increasing number of institutional investors...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Will furnished holiday lets spearhead the UK’s green revolution in 2020?](/img/default/pit.png)
Whether it’s the shocking bushfires currently raging in Australia or the floods in Indonesia, the impacts of climate change are being...
08 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Q&A - will the built environment ever be completely digital?](/img/default/pit.png)
To kick off the new year, we conduct a Q&A with Tzvete Doncheva, who looks after the PR and ecosystem building at Round...
06 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Women in Property Investment - A rising star in property investment](/img/default/pit.png)
We’re back with another instalment of Women in Property Investment (slightly delayed thanks to technical difficulties caused by pesky Christmas gremlins). This...
09 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Modular housebuilder launches DIY house design app](/img/default/pit.png)
Built & Spaces has launched its own software which it claims can turn a customer’s dream into a fully constructed house...
22 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![World’s tallest modular resi building nears completion – is it a game-changer?](/img/default/pit.png)
Croydon, a part of South London which has given birth to world-famous models, musicians and artists including Kate Moss, Stormzy and...
06 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Are modular homes the solution to the worldwide housing crisis?](/img/default/pit.png)
With stories of housing crises crossing borders and seas, politicians, policymakers, architects, developers and housebuilders from across the world have been...
18 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![Project Etopia receives significant investment from Reuben Brothers](/img/default/pit.png)
The modular house-building and off-site construction industry recently received a major endorsement when it was revealed that the Reuben Brothers have...
25 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![Residential buildings account for only a tiny proportion of Green Belt development](/img/default/pit.png)
Manchester has become the first place in England to develop more than a third of its Green Belt, analysis of new...
07 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Factory building 2,000 new homes a year opens in Ellesmere Port](/img/default/pit.png)
A smart home developer has opened a new factory capable of producing 2,000 houses a year. Project Etopia’s facility – a 50,000...
22 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Strawberry Star secures GBP 260m Luton development mix-use scheme](/img/default/pit.png)
Strawberry Star has announced that it has exchanged contracts on a major residential-led mixed use development scheme in Luton, Bedfordshire. Located close...
21 February 2018
From: Breaking News
![Fruitful investment opportunities from just £1k](/img/default/pit.png)
Investors are being offered the opportunity to invest and make ‘great returns’ from property developments, online, at the click of a...