Land & New Homes
News focusing on new homes, housing development, land acquisition and joint venture projects between agents and developers.
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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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Local house building targets are back, new Chancellor announces
Rachel Reeves says each area will be given a quota for new homes, and planning will be overhauled to make sure it doesn't get in the way.
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Growing co-living sector is future of property says Knight Frank
New shared living hubs with communal spaces are gaining traction in Britain’s city centres and financial backing for them is burgeoning.
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Good luck Keir! UK needs 120,000 rental homes immediately says Rightmove
Portal says only way for Labour to rein in runaway rent inflation is to build thousands of rental homes as soon possible - a difficult task given the Tory's failure on this front.
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Lib Dems promise to create 10 ‘Garden Cities’
Party leader Ed Davey revealed pledges to build Garden Cities, remove dangerous cladding and allow councils to raise Council Tax by 500% on second homes.
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Demand for posh newbuilds in London soars but supply wobbles
The lack of stock in Prime Central London means upmarket buyers are looking south of the river such as at Hines’ project at 18 Blackfriars Road.
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Tories says they hit the 1m new homes target – but did they?
Official figures suggest the Government and Housing Secretary Michael Gove have reached the 1 million target, although it has had to use EPC registrations as the measure.
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