All housing articles – Page 4
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NewsStewart Milne owed its bank £108m at time of collapse
Housebuilder offered to 50 firms in doomed last-ditch effort to find buyer
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CommentGove appears to have woken up to the housing crisis – but his solutions are half-baked
To tackle the housing crisis we need strategic leadership but this is beyond the current government, writes Brendan Kilpatrick
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FeaturesRise of housebuilding ‘superleague’ predicted in wake of Barratt’s deal for Redrow as analysts brush off regulatory worries
Yesterday’s £2.5bn move has analysts wondering who might be next to join forces – and reduce risk of being picked off themselves
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Features‘The figures on starts are terrifying’. What’s really happening to the £11bn Affordable Homes Programme
The government has admitted that it will not hit its development targets. Joey Gardiner asks what’s really going on and looks at how the situation can turn around
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NewsBirmingham approves 33-storey build to rent tower
Plans replace scrapped scheme that would have been almost twice as high
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FeaturesBuilding the Future Commission: Planning to solve the housing crisis
Last week the Building the Future commission published its final report. In this chapter, Joey Gardiner considers how we might change a dysfunctional system and hit the target of building 300,000 new homes a year
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FeaturesHow and why Stewart Milne collapsed: analysing the numbers
The collapse of the well-known Scottish housebuilder has shocked many within the housing sector. As Daniel Gayne finds out, the firm’s balance sheets over the past few years provide some clues as to what went wrong
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CommentGove’s attempt to speed up planning decisions could have unintended consequences
Rather than procedural change to drive the illusion of improvement, we should completely re-assess what planners need to be doing, argues Paul Smith
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NewsBerkeley gets approval for 27-storey north London tower
Latest phase of Hornsey Gasworks regeneration will deliver 377 homes and a new public square
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NewsPlans lodged for 7,000-home neighbourhood in Edinburgh
Scheme will include new parks and social infrastructure
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News‘It’s been a torrid time’: Modulous boss Chris Bone on the offsite housing firm’s collapse
Firm latest in line of MMC firms to sink into administration
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CommentThe revised planning framework is not as bad as feared - but don’t thank Gove
The new national planning policy document will still lead to fewer homes being built, even if some of the most egregious proposals around density and green belt have been watered down, says Joey Gardiner
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FeaturesWill biodiversity rules prove a net gain for the housebuilding sector?
From this month, all developments will have to show how they increase biodiversity by 10%. Joey Gardiner examines what the policy means
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NewsMore than 200 jobs go as Scottish housebuilder Stewart Milne enters administration
£180m-turnover housebuilder fails to find a suitable buyer
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CommentWhy do we keep missing the government’s housing delivery target?
The housing market is not dysfunctional, it is the planning system that is holding back development, writes Paul Smith
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NewsLondon mayor failing to provide enough affordable homes, Gove says
If Sadiq Khan cannot deliver the number of homes London needs, then I will, secretary of state insists
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NewsHousebuilders chasing £1bn development framework
Four-year deal for Wolverhampton council to focus on infill sites
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FeaturesUK housebuilding recession: How much worse is it going to get?
With little prospect of a rapid reduction in interest rates to spur a recovery, many in the industry are now just looking to “survive until ’25”. Joey Gardiner looks at the prospects for residential developers doing so.
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NewsPlans submitted for 3,500-home ‘garden community’ scheme in Essex
The proposed joint venture scheme will deliver an additional 3,500 homes as part of the Chelmsford Garden community masterplan
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NewsCouncil in talks with Inland Homes administrators to salvage 161-home scheme
The future of the £46m on-site Carter’s Quay project is unclear following Inland collapse