Land & New Homes
News focusing on new homes, housing development, land acquisition and joint venture projects between agents and developers.
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Housebuilders blame National Grid for stalling completion of 15,000 new homes
Knight Frank survey reveals ‘major problems’ with power supplies for connecting to new homes while eight out of 10 housebuilders are hoping Labour wins the looming General Election.
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WARNING: Landowners will exploit Labour’s green belt building plans
Roger Mortlock of the CPRE says some owners will allow their land to become run-down so it can be used for new homes.
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TV presenter claims property industry “broken and dysfunctional”
Grand Designs star Kevin McCloud says the housebuilding market is dominated by big firms making huge profits and should be broken up.
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“We’ll never build 300,000 homes a year – here’s why…”
Writing for The Neg, developer Ritchie Clapson looks at why the Government's home building target was always going to unachievable, and what he's do to get Britain building.
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UK’s biggest agency pours cold water on Sunak’s housing plans
Connells boss Jason Willetts says the PM's plan is no 'silver bullet', and the Government is still 'miles away' from hitting its housebuilding target.
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PM to slash red tape and (hopefully quickly) boost property market
Rishi Sunak reveals a major initiative to force local councils to be more flexible and allow more inner city development.
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Purplebricks chief slams Tories for creating housing crisis
Sam Mitchell says the Conservatives must take responsibility for dire house-building record after 16 housing ministers in 14 years.
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Rightmove spends £8m swallowing up competitor site
The portal giant has acquired build-to-rent reviews platform HomeViews just five years after it launched.
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Drop in newbuilds hits Gove’s promise to achieve house-building target
Michael Gove's much publicised promises to increase new builds suffered another blow with a drop in the total builds last year.
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Government crackdown on property sector corruption revealed
Information on owns 'land trusts' is to be made more transparent to help prevent corruption, especially involving foreign investors.
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