Land & New Homes
News focusing on new homes, housing development, land acquisition and joint venture projects between agents and developers.
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Mayor in ‘furious row’ with developers over housebuilding rules
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan insists measures to boost new build figures in the Capital will help, despite claims from housebuilders they are unworkable.
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Conveyancers raise serious concerns over “untested commonholds”
Industry body warns commonhold changes could increase disputes, create deadlock, undermine lender confidence and introduce complex new legal structures.
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London housebuilding collapses by 84% in a decade
Rising build costs and a weak sales market mean contractors are “going bust” and thousands of London homes have been put on hold, Molior warns.
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New builds damage local house prices, data reveals
The arrival of a new estates can knock as much as 18.5% off the value of nearby homes in more rural areas, according to analysis carried out by newspaper.
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Stalled, baby, stalled? Government’s new homes building plans in disarray
The latest figures on planning approvals show that only 208,000 homes were approved in the last year, down 15%, leaving Housing Secretary Steve Reed well short of his target.
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New mayors to get £200m a year to boost stalled housebuilding
Housing Secretary Steve Reed says Government is to provide fresh funding to reboot its 1.5m new homes pledge just two months after Savills reported 'dire' situation within newbuild market.
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‘Supercharged’ AI-created nimbyism to jam planning
Experts warn that new artificial intelligence software could unleash a wave of professional-grade objections to planning applications.
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Collapse in London newbuild property revealed
Sales of new homes have fallen to record lows as affordability crisis, red tape, cladding rules and tax changes bite.
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BREAKING: Regional mayors to lead home-building drive
Mayors outside London, such as Andy Burnham in Manchester, will be able to use "sweeping measures to strip away barriers" to building.
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Government’s 1.5 million homes plan in chaos as MPs demand answers
The Government's flagship pledge to build 1.5 million homes is in serious trouble, with a damning parliamentary report published warning that continued delays "risk jeopardising the Ministry's headline policy objective."
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