Land & New Homes
News focusing on new homes, housing development, land acquisition and joint venture projects between agents and developers.
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New £53bn bank to deliver 500,000 extra homes, ministers claim
Angela Rayner says the 'National Housing Bank' will attract £53 billion in extra investment, and help SME builders at risk of going bust.
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UK’s first floating property development launches in Dorset
Development near Dorchester has launched with 'off-plan' floating holiday homes on a large lake.
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Labour to ‘level playing field’ for smaller house builders
Deputy Prime Minister unveils planning reforms to make the system 'simpler, fairer and more cost-effective.'
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Knight Frank backs London Mayor’s controversial green belt U-turn
Sarah Hiscutt, Partner in Planning says Sadiq Khan's new plan could result in 'hundreds of thousands' of new homes being built on protected land.
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Big property developer announces major new BTR initiative
Weston Group has announced it will be undertaking a wide range of BTR joint ventures in a significant boost to its housebuilding programme.
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‘Holiday lets and second homes must be banned across UK’
Carl Les, Leader of North Yorkshire Council, wants local authorities to be given powers to restrict ownership of new properties to local people.
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Developers say hitting Labour’s 1.5m new homes target ‘easy’
Nearly two-thirds of developers surveyed by lender are ‘confident’ the UK can meet the Government’s ambitious housebuilding target.
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Big house builder warns Labour to help first time buyers
The boss of Persimmon says it will soon be the first time in 60 years there is no help for FTBs, as he warns the Government it will miss its housebuilding target.
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Build-to-rent sector being hit heavily by latest tax change
In a little-noticed tax change – the abolition of Multiple Dwellings Relief (MDR) – the Government has caused serious damage to the build-to-rent (BTR) sector.
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LAUNCH: Tech ‘game changer’ for letting agents looking to crack BTR
Property Sense’s software will enable estate agents to pre-qualify residents before construction even begins on BTR developments.
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