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HBF SME boost

March 1, 2017

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

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NHBC registrations

March 1, 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"

March 1, 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.

TW picks design winner

TW picks design winner

March 1, 2017

The Infinite House, a set of contemporary housing prototypes designed by Openstudio Architects, has won Taylor Wimpey's Project 2020 Open Design competition, h…

Builders struggle to access government fund

March 1, 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

March 1, 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".

Persimmon achieves "excellent" full year performance

Feb. 27, 2017

Persimmon says it has delivered an “excellent” full year performance with pre-tax profit rising 23% and legal completions up by 599 new homes, a 4%…

Industry must employ more than 370,000 new workers - Arcadis

Feb. 24, 2017

The housebuilding industry will need to employ more than 370,000 new people if the UK is to raise output to 270,000 new homes per year over the next five years…

Barratt's profit up on fewer completions

Feb. 22, 2017

Barratt Developments has enjoyed a “strong” half year, with pre-tax profit up but total completions slipping.