English starts up
Housebuilding starts in England were estimated at 36,400 (seasonally adjusted) in the latest quarter to June, a 2% increase compared to the previous three months and 6% increase on a year earlier, according to new government figures.
Give a bird a Barratt home
Barratt Homes North Thames has started providing homes for birds as well as people.
Builders see good summer after EU vote
Housebuilders are reporting that the market has stayed strong over the summer following a brief hiatus following the vote to leave the EU in June.
HBF Golf Day
Redrow Homes and Travis Perkins triumphed at this year's HBF Golf Day held at Woburn Golf Club in July.
Household projections
The number of households in England is projected to increase at an average of 210,000 a year between 2014 and 2039 according to new government figures.
L and Q goes north
Trafgord Housing Trust and LandQ are to deliver 2,000 new homes across Greater Manchester and the north west over the next four years. The deal is LandQ's fjrst partnership outside the south east.
Report calls for New Homes Ombudsman
The government should establish a New Homes Ombudsman to mediate in disputes between consumers and housebuilders or warranty providers according to a parliamentary group report published over the summer.
SWOT survey reveals Brexit fears
The main Threat to the success of the housebuilding market is now "A return to recession and economic uncertainty" according to this year's Housebuilder industry SWOT analysis.
New homes registrations fall 15% - NHBC
<p>New homes registrations in the UK fell 15% between May and July 2016 compared to a year before, according to the NHBC.</p>
Persimmon looks forward to "good autumn season"
<p>Persimmon is anticipating a “good autumn sales season”, it said today (August 23), as it reported that since July 1 its private sale reservation rate was running 17% ahead of the same period last year.</p>
