All articles by Carl Brown
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NewsGateway 2 checks blamed as BPF report says build-to-rent starts slip again
Number of homes being built down 14% in first quarter as property group says ‘urgent action’ needed to deal with safety hold-ups
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NewsMHCLG officials to discuss affordable funding model proposed by Building sister’s title Housing Today
Civil servants looking to arrange meeting with G15 bosses following publication of State of the Capital report
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NewsRelated Argent chair among names behind data tool which measures ‘live’ energy performance of homes
New data sensor product has been piloted for several housing associations
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NewsBuilding launches new campaign to look at funding projects in an era of constrained public finances
New initiative will culminate in report to the Building the Future Live conference in October.
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NewsHomes England to acquire stalled scheme to turn 1970s Nottingham shopping mall into new homes
Scheme was halted five years ago after former owner went bust
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NewsNPPF changes will result in 1.3 million homes built by the end of the parliament, OBR forecasts
Housebuilding to exceed 300,000 homes a year by 2029/30, excluding impact of forthcoming Affordable Homes Programme
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NewsVistry’s profit drops by nearly two-thirds as impact of cost estimation errors revealed
Housebuilder says turnover and completions up last year
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NewsReeves announces extra £2bn for affordable homes
Source: MHCLG/Flickr Housing secretary Angela Rayner (left) and chancellor Rachel Reeves visited Your Housing Group’s Bournes Bank development in Stoke-on-Trent yesterday
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NewsCrest Nicholson ‘on track’ to hit profit target after better than expected cash performance
Housebuilder open market sales rate increases in first few months of the year
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NewsBuilding’s sister title Housing Today and G15 call on ministers to explore new grant funding model for affordable housing
Move towards amortised grant could help London’s housing associations develop while limiting increases in government balance sheet debt
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NewsMore than 100 housebuilders sign letter calling for Reeves to rethink £3.4bn building safety levy
HBF says levy is “nakedly anti-development” and will result in fewer homes being built
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NewsBerkeley warns building safety regulation putting ‘significant pressure’ on housebuilding
Housebuilder still expects to deliver nearly £1bn profit over next two years
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NewsPersimmon increases profit despite £25m write-off for investment in failed modular developer TopHat
Housebuilder increases homes completion target for coming year
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News‘Ministers must solve skills gaps in construction if they want to drive growth’, MP tells inaugural Good Employer Guide Live event
Liberal Democrat’s Sarah Olney says government has to focus on needs of industry
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NewsApprenticeship funding reforms must help SMEs, say leading industry figures
Leading figures from contractor Sir Robert McAlpine and consultancy Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) have called on the government to simplify apprenticeships funding
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NewsDrees & Sommer buys engineering consultancy
Deal means German firm’s UK arm now has 300 employees
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NewsThe government’s response to the Grenfell Inquiry: Key proposals at a glance
Ministers have today published their long-awaited plan in response to the inquiry into the Grenfell fire, which claimed 72 lives in 2017. Here is a guide to the key proposals.
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NewsMore safety sign-off hold-ups as 500-home student resi scheme delayed by a year
Specialist developer Unite again raises concerns over amount of time jobs are taking to get gateway 2 approval under new laws
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NewsNew legislation on £400bn public procurement spend comes into force
Major shake-up of the way public bodies purchase goods and services starts today
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NewsPeabody and Hill strike £116m deal with BTR operator as part of 3,500-home Dagenham scheme
Goodstone Living will own and operate 360 homes on former Ford stamping plant site