All Housing articles
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NewsGleeson latest housebuilder to warn of slowdown ahead of Your First Home launch
Comments echo concerns raised by several housebuilders about impact of five month wait for scheme to start
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NewsUrban Splash ordered to pay government £46.5m over building safety fund claim
Developer says scale of the liability is ‘significant’ and it is hoping to find ‘constructive way forward with government’
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NewsVistry starts cutting jobs as planned restructuring begins
Debt level remains stuck at around £800m mark
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NewsBarratt Redrow completions fall as RICS survey highlights housing’s woes
Housebuilder says government’s Your First Home initiative has “potential” to lift sector out of doldrums
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NewsDispute between Essex council and housing minister intensifies after authority votes to withdraw 29,000 homes plan
Basildon council and Matthew Pennycook at loggerheads over green belt issues
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NewsHealey announces £4.7bn for Your First Home scheme
Applications expected to open next February with full details of price caps for initiative to be published shortly
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NewsSME housebuilder sentiment drops sharply since start of year
HBF survey shows percentage of SMEs saying they expect to build fewer homes and purchase less land has doubled since January
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NewsCruden increases turnover and nearly doubles pre-tax profit
Firm hails shift from tendered construction contracts towards land-led development and partnerships
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NewsVistry hires water company executive as CFO
Helen Miles will join £4bn turnover housebuilder next year
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CommentSlash-and-burn deregulation is no fix for the viability crisis
The Conservative Party’s bonfire-of-regulations pitch makes some fair points about development viability – but the crude politics of scrapping the Future Homes Standard obscures what smarter reform could actually look like
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CommentCouncils can build homes again, but funding alone won’t drive delivery
Local authorities will need to be efficient and have the necessary capacity to translate Burnham’s ambitions into outcomes, writes Caroline Compton-James
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NewsVistry gets go ahead for next phase of 2,000-home London scheme
Phase two of the Cambridge Road Estate regeneration in Kingston will deliver 25% council rented homes
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Features‘There’s been a lot of noise about the business.’ Vistry’s new chief executive on what’s next for the housebuilder
Adam Daniels tells Dave Rogers how he plans to put the housebuilder back on track - and what the government must do to support the sector
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NewsBellway boosts profit but warns of continuing margin squeeze
Housebuilder warns completions expected to fall in current year
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NewsGovernment should freeze regulatory burdens for three years to kickstart housing market, new report recommends
Group chaired by Gavin Barwell says regulations ‘placing huge barrier to new development’
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NewsLondon council refuses Berkeley plans for 1,000 homes citing affordable housing cuts
Southwark’s decision comes in week housebuilder’s chair said ‘when you have a viability challenge, you’ve got to make compromises’
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News500-home Brent towers scheme gets green light
Buildings up to 29 storeys to form latest phase of Berkeley’s canalside neighbourhood
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CommentWhy London should lead the UK’s shift to circular construction
Sticking to the norm is not an option given construction’s contribution to waste. We must move to an approach prioritising re-use and the capital is perfectly placed to spearhead the effort, writes David Wellwood.
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NewsBuilding Safety Regulator ‘huge impediment’ to development and needs reforming, shadow housing minister says
Gareth Bacon says a future Conservative government would look to reform regulator brought in to police construction after Grenfell disaster