Sadiq Khan, the new London Mayor, says that his biggest priority is to build thousands more homes every year. “Our capital needs more than 50,000 new homes a year – yet Boris…
Read More36,566 new homes registered in Q1
The NHBC reports a 10 per cent increase in new home completions in 2015/16.
Read MoreNew £1.4billion vehicle for rented homes
The investors behind residential schemes at the Olympic Park in Stratford and Elephant & Castle have merged the developments to create a £1.4bn vehicle for rented homes. Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment…
Read MoreGovernment is not reaching its housebuilding targets
The Government’s target of building 1 million new homes over this is unlikely to be met. Less than 460,000 homes were built between 2011 and 2014, according to figures from the National…
Read MoreNew partnership to support housebuilding sector
With a backlog of almost half a million homes across England still waiting to be built despite receiving planning consent partly because of a construction skills shortage in the housebuilding industry, the…
Read MoreLondon Mayor urged to build 50,000 new homes
The next Mayor of London must commit to developing at least 50,000 new homes a year in the capital to help meet growing demand for housing, business leaders have demanded. The CBI’s…
Read MoreHousebuilders accused of ‘restricting supply’
Housebuilders are being blamed for the lack of housing supply after it was suggested that they are intentionally ‘holding back’ the construction of new homes to keep property prices artificially high in…
Read MoreNew housing consents highest since 2008
There was a noteworthy increase in the number of planning permissions granted in the third quarter of last year, up from 53,409 consents in the corresponding quarter in 2014, according to data…
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