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 Housing Secretary slams ‘unacceptable’ planning figures
Steve Reed vows to leave ‘no stone unturned’ in drive to speed up build process after planning applications fall to record low.
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Housebuilding giants renew marketing deals with Zoopla
Property website, Zoopla, has confirmed that three major housebuilders will continue to use the platform to promote the benefits and boost buyer visibility of new homes. Bellway, Bloor and Gleeson Homes are seeking to optimise their marketing to generate a flow of high quality buyers to support sales rates and greater ROI at a time when the home building industry is facing growing competition from the resale market. With Zoopla consumer research showing that 70% of buyers are open to new builds, but only 7% explicitly look for them, the platform has invested in innovations to support its housebuilder clients. Within its map-based search experience, new homes are highlighted, as well as promoted across the website’s most-viewed pages. Zoopla is also the only property website in the country that enables consumers to search specifically for new-build homes which are part of the Own New – Rate Reducer and The Deposit Unlock Scheme, which enables buying a new home with just a 5% deposit. Driving buying consideration for new homes Products tailored specifically for the new homes market are designed to help housebuilders reach new audiences, including in-search ads, premium listings and featured developments, which increases the exposure of a development…
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‘Failing’ London Mayor to miss home building target
Sadiq Khan oversaw only 347 new build starts between April and June despite having a target of thousands to achieve.
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Shock data reveals housebuilding has hit ten-year low
Despite the Government’s pledge to build 1.5 million new homes, house building numbers have fallen since they came to power.
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Angela Rayner putting 1.5m new homes target ‘at risk’
Housing experts say the Deputy Prime Minister's tough new anti-land banking measures will pit councils against developers in costly legal battles.
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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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