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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 -...

The UK house building industry needs “significant intervention” from government to address planning, quality and financial problems according to the Competition...

2024 could be the year of investment in the regeneration of historic buildings a sector specialist forecasts. Charles Warrack, partner at property...

The government is pushing ahead with controversial plans which, if they come to fruition, will make Cambridge the so-called Silicon Valley...

Land agent Aston Mead argues housebuilding targets can only be met by the government if the planning system is privatised. Land &...

Following Liz Truss’s victory last week, Nicola Gooch and Claire Petricca-Riding of Irwin Mitchell have put the below together as to...

Here, Giles Sutcliffe, head of affordable housing at Cluttons, shares his insight on what is needed in order to achieve affordable...

In recent years, the interest in and coverage of green homes has grown significantly, in direct correlation with the emergence of the...

In this guest piece, Bidwells discusses the important role that planning plays in housing and social care, and what can be...

The existing planning system is the biggest obstacle to residential development, according to national property consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH). Its annual...

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

In this property investment roundup, PIT zones in on a new co-living scheme in Exeter, a potential halt in housebuliding and...

The City of Helsinki – the local authority for Finland’s attractive coastal capital city – recently announced a competition that invites...

One solution that has frequently been talked about as a way of solving the housing crisis is to build upwards on...

A property expert has claimed that the government’s new ‘Help to Build’ initiative is a positive step forward, but that the...

Tech company The Future Fox has received funding from Innovate UK and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to...

For many years, residential property has been the default choice for investors looking to preserve and grow their wealth. In times...

People thinking about Vilamoura might first and, in all likelihood, only think about the marina and the hotels, bars and restaurants...

In this news roundup, Property Investor Today explores how the government’s ‘build back better’ mantra is being thwarted by data issues,...

At the start of this year, you would have got very, very long odds on the prospect of UK-wide lockdowns, mandatory...

In this opinion piece, Elizabeth Osborne - a legal director at Ashfords Solicitors - asks whether the government's proposed planning reforms will be dangerous...

Purpose-built Build to Rent (BTR) housing is only a recent concept, with just over 51,000 dwellings completed across the UK as of Q3...

Build to Rent (BTR) has been one of the property sector’s fastest-growing marketplaces in recent years – and continues to grow,...

We have seen over the past few months a real government impetus to regain lost ground, since the economic effects of...

Affordable housing is very often a thorny bone of contention. Arbitrary government targets are regularly missed and this part of the...

The South West, and Cornwall in particular, should be capturing the attention of property investors despite the economic challenges posed by...

In his major ‘new deal’ speech last week, where he stood in front of a lectern with the slogan of ‘Build,...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), one of the biggest and most influential trade bodies in the UK, has called...

With the number of major modular housing providers in the UK increasing, and calls getting ever-louder for more modern methods of...

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,...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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