Land & New Homes
News focusing on new homes, housing development, land acquisition and joint venture projects between agents and developers.
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Single building site in Shropshire could scupper big builders’ merger
The CMA says concerns about a monopoly in one area must be addressed by Barratt and Redrow before their £2.5 billion merger is approved.
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Planning remains ‘major barrier’ to new development says RICS
Latest RICS survey highlights urgent need for Labour to streamline planning system as Angela Rayner has promised to do.
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Government-backed logbook for first-time buyers reveals digital ‘first’
Bristol City Council is the first local authority to join a MHCLG-backed scheme to track the use of a property, almost a year after it was launched.
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Big estate agency urges Labour to build homes on Green Belt
Carter Jonas says not all the 1.5 million homes the Government hopes to build should be on this kind of land, but says some should be released for property development.
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Latest NHBC data blows a huge hole in Labour’s housing boom
The figures, which show an alarming slump in new homes being built, cast doubt on Labour’s pledge to build 1.5 million homes during the next five years.
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‘Time to bring back Help to Buy’ renters tell industry poll
Call for new government to reintroduce Help to Buy scheme and cut stamp duty
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3,000 homes deal – so is this one of Labour’s first ‘new town’?
Deal signed for huge new housing development and new town centre at Northstowe
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Site for Labour’s first New Town revealed by think-tank
UK Day One says Kempstown between Cambridge and Oxford is most likely and only viable place to build a fully-fledged New Town in the country.
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We will overcome the NIMBYs new Housing Minister tells BBC
Matthew Pennycook. the Labour Government's new Housing Minister, says his party wants to build "large scale communities", as it drives towards its target of 1.5 million new homes.
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AGENT BLOG: ‘Chancellor is right – planning key to housing market revival’
Responding to Rachel Reeves' housing-heavy speech yesterday, agent Jeremy Leaf says the Chancellor is correct to flag up big changes to planning, green belt and building industry.
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