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Design brief - Placemaking approach

Savills’ head of residential research Yolande Barnes explains the property value-enhancing benefits of “sustainable urbanism” and why it requires a cultural sh…

News analysis

Mark Smulian looks into the government’s newly announced housing and planning delivery grant and finds that behind the £500 million headlines, the details are …

Lioncourt raises £12m for land buying

Lioncourt is embarking on a land buying spree having obtained further institutional backing, while Stewart Milne’s growth plans are gathering pace

Unlock the Land campaign

Three months on, Housebuilder’s Unlock the Land campaign is gathering momentum as the industry calls for government to recognise the need to ease up the supply…

Short lived slowdown likely – Savills

Effect of credit crunch on market yet to manifest - RICS

Commenting on the latest Nationwide house price index, which shows prices continuing to rise, albeit slowly, RICS senior economist Oliver Gilmartin said it was…

Association urges government to roll out HIPs for remaining stock

The Association of Home Information Pack Providers (AHIPP) has urged the government to complete the roll-out of HIPs for remaining housing stock. HIPs are curr…

Softer market will buoy buy-to-let sector - Paragon

Paragon Mortgages has claimed that the credit squeeze and softening housing market will in fact buoy the buy-to-let sector, as more people hold off from buying…

Nationwide index shows slowing house price growth

Ballymore to build Europe\'s tallest apartment building

Ballymore has acquired the site next to Manchester\'s Piccadilly station, where it plans to develop Europe\'s tallest residential building. Construction on the…