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McStone predicts retirement homes of the future

1 Mar 2017

<p>Future homes could be &ldquo;almost human&rdquo; and able to manage the needs of people in later life, according to a report commissioned by retirement giant McCarthy &amp; Stone.</p>

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Redrow surge

1 Mar 2017

Redrow saw completions surge 13% year on year in the six months to the end of 2016 with the firm delivering 2,459 homes in the half year.

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HBF SME boost

1 Mar 2017

The Home Builders Federation is offering reduced membership rates to SME housebuilders.

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NHBC registrations

1 Mar 2017

NHBC new homes registrations for 2016 reached 151,687 - a fall of 2% over the previous year.

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Bovis Homes' "difficult year"

1 Mar 2017

Bovis is slowing its production rate in 2017 as it admitted to a "difficult" 2016 with operational challenges following a period of considerable growth.

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TW picks design winner

1 Mar 2017

The Infinite House, a set of contemporary housing prototypes designed by Openstudio Architects, has won Taylor Wimpey's Project 2020 Open Design competition, held in partnership with RIBA to design a new house typology for the future.

Builders struggle to access government fund

1 Mar 2017

Less than half of a special government fund set up to help SME housebuilders was distributed to applicants in a period of more than two years.

Javid launches Housing White Paper

1 Mar 2017

Communities secretary Sajid Javid last month launched the long awaited Housing White Paper which he says includes plans "to fix the broken housing market".