Land & New Homes
News focusing on new homes, housing development, land acquisition and joint venture projects between agents and developers.
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Leading house builder Rydon kicked off Help to Buy over Grenfell role
Housing secretary Michael Gove says firm will be stripped of its Help to Buy role after tragedy inquiry highlighted 'unacceptable practices'.
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First buyers move into First Homes properties – but how can they be resold?
The government has revealed that the first buyers have got their keys to the government's First Homes properties in Bolsover, Cannock and Newton Aycliffe.
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Growing land marketplace poaches another leading industry senior
Addland says it is well on way to being major force in online land sales sector and has taken seniors from Rightmove, Zoopla and Hometrack.
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Government “must reform planning system if it wants to build more houses”
Survey of property professionals shows two-thirds say planning system is "challenging, time consuming and costly."
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Holiday homes are a better investment than normal buy-to-lets, say experts
Agents set to benefit as staycation demand continues and tax breaks make holiday lets ‘a nice little earner’.
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Are new-build homes too expensive for this generation of buyers?
Data from Openpropertygroup.com calculated affordability ratios based on new-build house prices compared with workplace earnings.
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New land marketplace ‘well on way’ to becoming major player in sector
Addland says it has overtaken its key specialist rival in terms of listing numbers and research tech and has its guns trained on the big portals including Rightmove.
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BREAKING: CMA forces developer Countryside into ground rents U-turn
Big Four developer says it will remove doubling ground rents from all leasehold properties and will no longer include such clauses in future sales.
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Savills predicts 1.75 million BTR properties to be built by 2031
Estate agency makes extraordinary claim about BTR housing market within Times article.
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Ministers have ‘not thought through First Homes’ for agents and lenders
Property and lending industries remain unsure how First Homes properties will be re-sold or marketed in the future.
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