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Hill Homes

Hill on target for 2500 homes

April 27, 2017

Hill saw net turnover increase by 20% in 2016 to £367 million with the Essex-based housebuilder now staking a claim to be the third largest private housebuilde…

Countryside shake-up

April 27, 2017

Planning permissions up but smaller sites needed - HBF/Glenigan

April 20, 2017

The number of new home planning permissions continues to rise, with permission for 293,127 new homes granted in 2016, according to the latest HBF Housing Pipel…

Countryside sees "excellent growth" in both divisions

April 12, 2017

Countryside Properties’ Housebuilding division had a “very strong first half”, with total completions rising 54% to 450 homes on the equivale…

Retirement housing brings "sustainable benefits"

April 10, 2017

Specialist retirement housing offers wide ranging benefits which satisfy the three pillars of sustainable development – economic, environmental and socia…

Javid to act on leasehold terms

April 6, 2017

Communities secretary Sajid Javid is looking to ensure Help to Buy is only made available on schemes in which homes are sold on "fair terms", giving what he ca…

"Let's work together to deliver good homes"

April 6, 2017

A day of challenges, solutions, pleas, analysis and "a strong message" from government to the industry - Ben Roskrow reports from this year's HBF Policy confer…