Housing – Page 20
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NewsCompetition watchdog ready to start housing sector probe after Gove call
CMA considering Gove’s call for recommendations to improve “effectiveness” of sector
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NewsGove to water down local housing targets following backbench pressure
Changes would give councils more flexibility to depart from delivery numbers
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NewsSwan to close offsite factories as firm looks to head off default notice and ink Sanctuary deal
Troubled housing association will not keep modular facilities open even after rescue merger with rival completes
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NewsHousing associations’ merger delayed
Sanctuary’s rescue of Swan was supposed to be completed yesterday
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NewsGove pulls key planning reform vote as rebellion grows
Vote on Levelling Up Bill axed as Tory gets 46 supporters for rebel amendment to scrap housing targets
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NewsCouncils to get new powers to block planning permission
Government amendments to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill to designed to stop housebuilders landbanking
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NewsAnother housebuilder announces plan to cut jobs
Impact of September’s mini-Budget again blamed for move
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NewsHousebuilders say ‘bitterly disappointing’ autumn statement does nothing to help sector
Issues over stamp duty, planning and number of homes being built not addressed by chancellor, firms add
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NewsDisastrous mini-Budget takes toll on Gleeson sales
Housebuilder says cancellation rates have doubled since botched announcement
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NewsAutumn statement at-a-glance: Tax rises and spending cuts as OBR forecasts recession
Chancellor sets out plan to stabilise economy
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NewsHunt reverses Kwarteng’s ‘permanent’ stamp duty cut from 2025
Decision comes as OBR forecasts long term pain in housing market
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NewsCrest Nicholson wants government to act on planning reform
Housebuilder on track to hit profit goal but sales have slowed in recent weeks
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NewsRegulator downgrades 19 housing associations citing ‘weakening housing market’
Major developers Clarion, L&Q, Home Group, Places for People and Sovereign among those with lowered viability ratings
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NewsGove says he will use planning powers to stop ‘ugly housing’
Secretary of state says design of too many developments is not good enough
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NewsVistry set to reverse Countryside’s decision to pull out of modular after takeover inked
New owner says firm’s three factories have not been performing as well as they should have
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NewsVistry £1.2bn takeover of Countryside completes
Merged housebuilder to start trading shares from Monday
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: Barrister closes hearings with attack on ‘buck-passing’ firms
Final day of inquiry sessions after four years of hearings
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NewsGalliford Try mulls move back into social housing work
Firm’s no-compete clause with new owner of former Linden Homes arm runs out in January
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NewsNew housing minister vows to reduce planning delays
But Lucy Frazer tells SMEs reform will take time
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NewsTaylor Wimpey sales rate slumps by more than 40%
Housebuilder sees sharp rise in cancellations but says it is operating from a ‘postion of strength’