Carl Brown
Carl Brown is head of content at Building, Housing Today and Building Design.
He helps to shape the news, insight and analysis across all three titles.
He has many years of experience writing about the housing development market.
Contact info
- Tel:
- 07947 251 424
- Email:
- carl.brown@assemblemediagroup.co.uk
NewsVistry boosts sales rate after slow start to the year
Housebuilder says registered providers’ investment constraints mean partner-funded activity is ’relatively low’
NewsHousing association appoints regeneration expert David Lunts to chair development arm
Former HCA and GLA director to join G15 landlord in July
NewsBond aggregator backs Housing Today and G15’s report calling for new housing funding model
MHCLG and Treasury officials are in dialogue with sector leaders about amortised grant
NewsL&Q completions fall as housing association looks to ‘derisk’ business
Firm says it is prioritising improving existing homes
NewsKhan pledges to release green belt for housebuilding under new London Plan
Mayor shifts from brownfield-only focus as City Hall aims for 880,000 homes over 10 years
FeaturesLooking to Europe in the face of global uncertainty: Andy Hay explains Hollis’s plans for growth
The consultancy’s chief executive is confident that the sustainability agenda in northern Europe holds the key to the future despite Trump’s war on climate change policies. Carl Brown reports
NewsTaylor Wimpey on track to hit annual operating profit target despite margin squeeze
Housebuilder expects full-year operating profit of around £444m
NewsWatkin Jones set for ‘small operating profit’ in first half
Firm says it has been focussing on cost management and cash generation in past six months
NewsHousing association Clarion sees completions go up as turnover tops £1bn
Firm says final accounts will be hit by £20m building safety provision
NewsGateway 2 checks blamed as BPF report says build-to-rent starts slip again
Number of homes being built down 14% in first quarter as property group says ‘urgent action’ needed to deal with safety hold-ups
NewsMHCLG officials to discuss affordable funding model proposed by Building sister’s title Housing Today
Civil servants looking to arrange meeting with G15 bosses following publication of State of the Capital report
NewsRelated Argent chair among names behind data tool which measures ‘live’ energy performance of homes
New data sensor product has been piloted for several housing associations
NewsBuilding launches new campaign to look at funding projects in an era of constrained public finances
New initiative will culminate in report to the Building the Future Live conference in October.
NewsHomes England to acquire stalled scheme to turn 1970s Nottingham shopping mall into new homes
Scheme was halted five years ago after former owner went bust
NewsNPPF changes will result in 1.3 million homes built by the end of the parliament, OBR forecasts
Housebuilding to exceed 300,000 homes a year by 2029/30, excluding impact of forthcoming Affordable Homes Programme
NewsVistry’s profit drops by nearly two-thirds as impact of cost estimation errors revealed
Housebuilder says turnover and completions up last year
NewsReeves announces extra £2bn for affordable homes
Source: MHCLG/Flickr Housing secretary Angela Rayner (left) and chancellor Rachel Reeves visited Your Housing Group’s Bournes Bank development in Stoke-on-Trent yesterday
NewsCrest Nicholson ‘on track’ to hit profit target after better than expected cash performance
Housebuilder open market sales rate increases in first few months of the year
NewsBuilding’s sister title Housing Today and G15 call on ministers to explore new grant funding model for affordable housing
Move towards amortised grant could help London’s housing associations develop while limiting increases in government balance sheet debt
NewsMore than 100 housebuilders sign letter calling for Reeves to rethink £3.4bn building safety levy
HBF says levy is “nakedly anti-development” and will result in fewer homes being built