Housing – Page 18
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NewsTaylor Wimpey plans £20m cost-cutting drive as market conditions tighten
Housebuilder also warns Gove’s planning policy overhaul will lead to shortfall in sites
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NewsPersimmon pauses site openings and says recovery ‘too early to call’
Housebuilder says it has been hit hard by combination of rising rates and closure of Help to Buy
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NewsGovernment to mandate sustainable drainage systems for housing schemes
But industry raises concern about added cost to building work
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NewsBarratt stops hiring as downturn hits volume
UK’s biggest housebuilder says completions could fall 11% for the full year if sales don’t pick up
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NewsBloor posts 21% increase in profit citing inflation boost
But Britain’s largest privately held housebuilder warns of ‘mixed backdrop’ ahead
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NewsGovernment to mandate second staircase in new blocks above 30m
Department estimates fire safety measure will cost business £1.6bn over a decade
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NewsPlans to build over 450 Southwark homes get green light
Bermondsey job will also include industrial and office space
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NewsArchitects cleared to rejig Aylesbury Estate plans
South London scheme will see more than 900 homes built in first phase
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NewsFaltering economy sees directors put brakes on sale of Stewart Milne
Firm says disposal in current market conditions ‘not in best interests of group’
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NewsVistry to lay off around 100 staff following Countryside takeover
Redundancies come under plans for enlarged firm to save £50m annually
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NewsHuge east London resi towers scheme gets green light
Telford Homes development to include more than 800 homes in towers rising to 36 storeys in height
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NewsTop 150 firms see revenue bounce back from covid but all eyes turn to next year
Total income of biggest contractors and housebuilders increased by average of 18% last year, Building’s annual table reveals
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NewsAffordable housing boss joins Redrow board
Metropolitan Thames Valley chief executive joins board of £2bn-turnover housebuilder
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NewsFirefighters call for tighter rules on modular construction
Fire chiefs especially worried over use of offsite techniques in high rises
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NewsWarning of ‘complete collapse’ in local plan-making after Gove announcement
Developer groups fear the government has “given up” on housing delivery despite asserted support for 300,000-home target
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NewsMears announces new chair as profit set to ‘exceed expectations’
Chris Loughlin will succeed Kieran Murphy as chair of housing specialist in May
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NewsCompetition watchdog ready to start housing sector probe after Gove call
CMA considering Gove’s call for recommendations to improve “effectiveness” of sector
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NewsGove to water down local housing targets following backbench pressure
Changes would give councils more flexibility to depart from delivery numbers
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NewsSwan to close offsite factories as firm looks to head off default notice and ink Sanctuary deal
Troubled housing association will not keep modular facilities open even after rescue merger with rival completes
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NewsHousing associations’ merger delayed
Sanctuary’s rescue of Swan was supposed to be completed yesterday