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

Land broker Aston Mead has backed calls for a reduction to stamp duty across all property price brackets in order to...

Lagan Building Contractors has started work on a £35m contract for Outwood Developments to build the first phase of its Outwood...

A scheme to regenerate a 17 hectare site in the heart of Birmingham city centre has moved a step closer after...

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

Shots in North Lankarshire could be set for a radical regeneration programme – which will potentially include hundreds of new homes,...

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,...

Despite recent turmoil, it seems Manchester is a city on the up, as it is now being identified as a true...

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

The average asking price in the UK fell 0.4% in June compared with the previous month according to new data released...

Overall housing output north of the border continued to flatline with just 88 more homes, the equivalent of around 1%, built...

A major property scheme proposed for the Baltic Triangle Area in Liverpool, perhaps the most exciting part of the city, has...

The Conservative party should stick to proposals put forward in February’s housing white paper, despite having to lead a minority government after...

Following last week’s general election, many political commentators believe that currently the only certainty in Britain is uncertainty, after the Prime...

After calling a surprise snap general election in a bid to increase her party’s majority in the House of Commons and...

The Conservative party, assuming it is able to form a new government, is being urged to make tacking the growing housing...

International buyers of residential property in the U.S. may not necessarily have a major impact on the overall housing market, but...

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...

Increasing the supply of new homes north of the border would stimulate ‘economic growth’ in Scotland, not to mention provide more...

With housing high on the political agenda ahead of tomorrow’s general election, all the major parties have pledged to tackle the...

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

A conference will be held for landowners willing to play their part in solving the rural housing crisis next month. The event,...

A new report suggests that a decisive general election victory for the Conservative party this week will empower NIMBYs (Not in...

Plans have been approved for the construction of 2,750 new homes, as part of a new community development in the West...

Plans for what would become one of the UK’s largest regeneration projects have been put forward by Haringey Council in north...

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,...

With an urgent need to build significantly more new homes, competition is hotting up for land which is deemed suitable for...

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...

Reading Football Club’s property arm has been given the go-ahead to build a major convention centre, hotel, hundreds of new homes,...

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

UK house price may growth may have slowed to a four year low in March, but indications are that prices will...

More than 950 new homes will be built as part of plans to regenerate Sheerwater in Woking which has now been...

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

A planning application has been submitted by Peel Land and the Regenda Group to develop a £21m residential tower as part...

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...

Planning consent has been approved for the £400m regeneration of Kingston town centre’s Eden Walk shopping centre in west London. Joint developers...

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

Plans to build a Thameslink station in the north London area of Brent Cross may be brought forward by nine years...

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 government yesterday launched its Midlands Energy strategy, which is expected to boost the supply of much needed new homes in...

Oxford City Council has given Catalyst the go-ahead to build 48 homes on the site of the former Temple Cowley pools. Some...

Thameswey Developments has taken over plans for the regeneration of Sheerwater, after Woking Borough Council opted to drop New Vision Homes...

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

Investing in residential properties can be a great way to accumulate wealth. But before parting with your cash, an investment strategy...

Planning consent has been awarded for a major mixed-use scheme on the edge of Ipswich, which will feature 1,100 new homes,...

More than 270 flats will be built in North Liverpool after plans for the scheme were given the go-ahead this week. The...

Plans for a major regeneration scheme in Dovercourt town centre have been given the go-ahead. The £1m project, which will be financed...

Haringey Council has unveiled proposals to replace Wood Green’s existing town centre with a £3.5bn development featuring a new shopping centre...

The supply of residential properties in the Northern Ireland market continued to decline last month, prompting prices to rise, according to...

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...

Initial plans for a £350m mixed-use scheme that would include Leeds’ tallest tower have moved a step closer to becoming reality...

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

Planning consent has been awarded for a £20m student accommodation scheme in Sheffield city centre. Sheffield City Council gave London-based developer Southern...

A new housing development in Slough is thought to be catching the eye of property investors. Trinity, developed by Shanly Homes, is...

A proposal to transform part of the 24.5 hectare former Vauxhall car plant site in Luton into a £300m plus mixed-use...

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...

More than two thirds of small and medium-sized UK building firms have seen a rise in the cost of materials caused...

The number of New UK property listings plunged by 46.9% in December from the previous month, according to HouseSimple.com. While a fall...

When it comes to investing in property, it pays to know about the latest property hotspots and up-and-coming areas. Here are Portico’s...

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,...

The biggest talking point in 2017 will be triggering Article 50 to begin the process of Britain’s exit from the EU,...

Marc Langdon, a partner at Bidwells, offers his thoughts on what property market trends we can expect over the coming year. I...

UK property prices are expected to remain largely unchanged in 2017, owed largely to uncertainty over Brexit negotiations, according to the...

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

Planning consent has been awarded for the construction of 1,800 homes on a 248-hectare aerodrome site in Surrey. Waverley Borough Council’s planning...

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

Keepmoat has broken ground at a new £43m residential property development in Bradford; which will see major local infrastructure improvements and...

Since the shock Brexit result was announced in June, and the consequent drop in value of the pound, there has been...

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...

Wolverton Works, a £100m regeneration project which will be located in the constituent town of Milton Keynes, has received planning permission St....

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...

Residential property prices in the UK increased by an average of 7.7% in the year to September, according to the latest...

Those investing in newly-built leasehold flats, marketed as ‘virtual freehold’ properties with 999-year leases, are in danger of losing their capital...

Land values in prime central London dropped by 10.3% in the year through to September, and are now at around the...

With demand for high-end properties in central London cooling following the Brexit vote and property tax increases, Britain’s largest housebuilder, Barratt...

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

The latest residential property sales figures in Spain published by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) show that the number of...

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...

A growing number of landlords in the U.S. are open to negotiating on asking prices, reflecting the fact that it is...

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

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

The Nine Elms’ borough of Southwark has experienced a boom in residential property prices over the past 12 months, but with...