All Housing articles – Page 15
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Features
How and why Stewart Milne collapsed: analysing the numbers
The collapse of the well-known Scottish housebuilder has shocked many within the housing sector. As Daniel Gayne finds out, the firm’s balance sheets over the past few years provide some clues as to what went wrong
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Modulous goes into liquidation after search for buyer hits buffers
Last-ditch plan to sell offsite firm’s software fails to materialise, chief executive tells redundant staff
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Housebuilders hit out at continuing delay to crucial second staircases guidance
Building Safety Regulator says no ‘definitive timescale’ for publication of regulations as firms warn of schemes being stalled further
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Government’s plans for MMC in ‘disarray’, says Lords committee
Homes England accused of lacking coherent strategy
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Vistry firm to build more than 700 homes at former police training centre in London
Five year deal to start next summer
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Crest boss to leave as profit slumps by nearly £100m
Peter Truscott to retire with replacement arriving from Persimmon later this year
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Modulous delays entering administration as CEO forms new business
Former staff say they are missing wages and that hold-up has put claims for government support on ice
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Building safety bill and restructuring costs send Watkin Jones tumbling into red
Student housing specialist says collapse of main contractor on job hit it for nearly £3.5m
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Comment
Gove’s attempt to speed up planning decisions could have unintended consequences
Rather than procedural change to drive the illusion of improvement, we should completely re-assess what planners need to be doing, argues Paul Smith
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Future Homes Standard can be delivered at scale by next year, testing centre shows
Two test homes subject to rigorous testing under Salford university initiative
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Berkeley gets approval for 27-storey north London tower
Latest phase of Hornsey Gasworks regeneration will deliver 377 homes and a new public square
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London housing association puts contractors on notice as it takes £105m safety repairs hit
Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing’s finance chief says extra costs reflect ‘defects in construction’
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Contractors and suppliers ‘positive’ about Vistry price reductions, boss insists
Hundreds of firms have agreed to cut costs with none walking away, says Stephen Teagle
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Crest Nicholson downgrades profit forecast for third time in a year
The £780m-turnover firm has been hit by £13m in “exceptional” costs linked to a fire amid other issues with ”legacy sites”
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Vistry completes round of price cuts with suppliers and says it will beat expected profit figure
Housebuilder asked firms for 10% cuts last October to ‘generate production efficiencies’
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Biodiversity net gain rules delayed again
Regulations now expected to come into force next month
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Taylor Wimpey profit to be at ‘top end’ of forecasts
Housebuilder builds more than 10,800 homes, exceeding previous forecast but down sharply on 2022 numbers
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Stewart Milne’s English construction business set to follow rest of firm into administration
Scottish housebuilder collapsed earlier this week after failing to find buyer
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Persimmon completions rally after strong finish to 2023
Number of homes built last year down a third but firm finished 400 homes more than it predicted
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Modular housing firm set to go into administration
Modulous was set up in 2018 but all staff made redundant late last year after running out of funds