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 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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‘We WILL build 1.5 million homes by 2029’ says defiant Labour
Ministers led by Housing Secretary Steve Reed insist his own 'stretch target' is achievable despite concerns from housebuilders that the Government has to do more to make it happen.
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New build property sales drop to lowest in over 15 years
Savills says the last time sales of new homes were this dire was before the global financial crash of 2008-09, in what will be a blow to Housing Secretary Steve Reed.
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Starmer warned New Towns programme ‘could fail’
A cross-party group of Lords has told Prime Minister Keir Starmer the Government needs to show the necessary leadership to make the New Towns plan work.
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Ministers plan emergency measures as London newbuild market slumps
Mayor Sadiq Khan and Housing Secretary Steve Reed are trying to kickstart building in the Capital as numbers plummet.
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Doomed? Housing secretary says job ‘on the line’ over housing target
BBC Panorama investigation into the Government’s housebuilding plans has found there is "absolutely no way" it will succeed in its 1.5m new homes target.
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