Housing Focus – Page 3
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FeaturesTen weeks that shook the housing market
We went into lockdown with one housing market and came out of it with quite another. Joey Gardiner reports on what the pandemic means for developers of high-rise housing
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FeaturesPastures new: From Ebenezer to Ebbsfleet
People love the idea of garden towns and villages – and 14 of them are planned for the UK
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FeaturesThe coronavirus crisis: What does it all mean?
The implications of covid-19 for construction, housing and legal
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FeaturesFlooding in the UK and building for a wetter future
Following more storms and ensuing floods, the focus is turning from where to how we build in affected areas
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FeaturesWill Persimmon now put its own house in order?
Has Persimmon’s financial success come at the expense of quality and safety?
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FeaturesLife after Help to Buy
After six years of cheap loans for homebuyers, Help to Buy is being wound down. How will housebuilders cope with the change?
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FeaturesProjects: Building Awards 2018 Refurbishment winner - Welsh Streets
Welsh Streets is a radical build-to-rent scheme that encourages community and provides a blueprint for developers all around the country to copy.
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FeaturesWhy is high finance so interested in affordable housing?
Oliver Letwin’s review into the speed at which homes are built calls for greater diversity of design, size and tenure. Investors seem keen to get involved
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2018: Housing Project of the Year nominees
Among the nominees for the Building Award in this category are three impressive schemes for older people and a live-work-eat scheme aimed at trendy, young buyers
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FeaturesIs this the end of the road for Help to Buy?
Next week’s Budget is likely to determine the fate of the government’s controversial Help to Buy scheme. Is it likely to be scrapped, hitting share prices hard?
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FeaturesNPPF: Ready to mix it up?
Last month’s revised planning framework shows the government is bent on speeding up build-out rates, but will it fully address the housing crisis?
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FeaturesProjects: Back for good
The stereotype of back-to-back housing as cramped and poorly lit is overturned by AHMM’s Signal Townhouses, where thoughtful design has maximised natural light and outdoor space
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FeaturesNPPF: Industry reaction
Now the final National Planning Policy Framework has been unveiled, how do construction professionals rate it?
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FeaturesTop 150 contractors and housebuilders: Split fortunes
Building’s exclusive full Top 150 league has been released
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FeaturesEastern promise
Jim Dunton looks at whether Japan’s successful ‘car factory’ approach could help British housebuilders meet the government’s 300,000-units-a-year target in the future
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FeaturesBreaking the traditional housing model: James Lidgate talks to Building
L G has ambitious plans to set up a diversified housing business delivering 15,000 homes a year – a large share of them modular
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FeaturesProjects: For a new generation
On a vast regeneration site in London’s Wembley Park, developer Quintain is building what it hopes will be the UK’s largest build-to-rent scheme
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FeaturesTailored to fit: is custom build going mainstream?
Buyers frustrated with a lack of housing choices are fuelling a growing market for custom build, with new developments offering a range of customisable features. Is designing your own home going mainstream?
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FeaturesHousing Design Awards 2018: Winners
As the respected awards ceremony turn 70, Ike Ijeh looks at this year’s winners and concludes that, when it comes to innovative new schemes, councils are leading the way
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FeaturesQuick on his feet: Vince Cable talks to Building
Vince Cable believes he’s gaining ground on his two main rivals over Brexit. But the parliamentary veteran is keen to show his isn’t a party campaigning on a single issue