All housebuilding articles
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Comment
It’ll take 10 years to solve the housing crisis – but here’s how we might do it
The UK housing crisis is so entrenched that it needs to be put onto a war footing and fought through a cross-party accord, says Jackie Sadek
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News
Avant Homes appoints new land director from Persimmon
Carl Oxley joins Nottingham-based Avant Homes East Midlands in move to strengthen senior management team
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Features
A vision for 150,000 homes but no water to supply them. Does Gove’s Cambridge plan stand a chance?
The housing secretary wants to build nearly three times as many homes as the target set by Cambridge’s own planners. Is there something he knows that they don’t? Daniel Gayne reports
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Industry reaction to the CMA’s housebuilding report
What major industry players and analysts think of the competition regulator’s report into the industry
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Features
Key points from the CMA’s housebuilding report
From land banking to a probe into anti-competitive activity, we breakdown the critical points from the UK competition regulator’s report into the housebuilding market
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News
More than half of the largest contractors and housebuilders report drop in pre-tax margin
Exclusive data published tomorrow illustrates industry’s financial squeeze
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Comment
Deliberate landbanking by housebuilders is a myth
The suggestion that housebuilders deliberately landbank is, to put it bluntly, poppycock, writes John Wallace
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News
Industry broadly welcomes Starmer’s housebuilding plan
Labour’s plan to reform planning and build new towns draws positive response
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New-build construction output falls to lowest level since June 2022
Official figures for May show 0.4% drop driven by private housing decline
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Features
Sandbach saga: meet the housebuilder standing up to Michael Gove
In the latest example of the housing secretary intervening in planning on design grounds, we talk to Colin Muller of Muller Property Group, about the Sandbach development in Cheshire East which has been called in
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News
Volume housebuilders sign building safety contract
First signatures come amid controversy over Gove threats to ban laggards despite delays in sending out contracts
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Housebuilding contracts as industry growth continues to be blunted by inflation woes
Consumer worries and rising prices blamed for housing’s problems
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Comment
How to drop a manifesto pledge without blinking
By downgrading the target of 300,000 new homes to a mere “ambition”, Michael Gove leaves big questions about housing supply unanswered
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Features
In Business: Hill Group’s Andy Hill
Founder and chief executive of the UK’s third-biggest privately owned developer on why he aims to focus on value and quality, rather than making money
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News
Galliford Try and Bovis complete £1.1bn deal
Bovis Homes is buying Galliford Try’s housebuilding operation
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MJ Gleeson boss leaves after bust-up over pay
Jolyon Harrison earned £2.9m in 2018 but could not agree a future pay package
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Telford Homes shares recover after warning job delays will hit profits
Housebuilder’s shares slide after it says hold-ups will slow down completion of key schemes
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Crest Nicholson picks Sainsbury's director for new finance boss
Duncan Cooper replaces Robert Allen as housebuilder’s numbers man
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Taylor Wimpey sees 6% profit hike
Housebuilder’s pre-tax profit rises to £858m as it says Help to Buy winding down is a good thing