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Permissions recover to 2008 levels

Oct. 1, 2014

Planning permissions hit a six year high in Q2 2014, according to the Home Builders Federation's latest Housing Pipeline (its) report.

Lack of regional strategies put plans "in trouble"

Oct. 1, 2014

A quarter of strategic development plans are "in trouble," according to The Planning Inspectorate.

Osborne hails Help to Buy as key long term measure

Osborne hails Help to Buy as key long term measure

Oct. 1, 2014

Help to Buy is a key part of the government's long term economic plan and is "working exactly as intended," the chancellor George Osborne said last month (Sept…

Industry welcomes "permanent Help to Buy"

Sept. 29, 2014

Housebuilders have welcomed the government’s pledge to build 100,000 new homes on brownfield land at 20% below the market rate for people aged under 40 &…

Help to Buy 1 sales continue to climb

Sept. 25, 2014

The Help to Buy equity loan scheme has generated 32,268 sales since its launch in April last year, the latest government figures for the initiative show. &nbs…

Housebuilders "completely reject" Labour landbanking claim - HBF

Sept. 25, 2014

Housebuilders have hit back at the Labour party for stating that they “sit on land” that could be developed.  

Permissions recover to 2008 levels - HBF/Glenigan

Sept. 11, 2014

Planning permissions hit a six year high in Q2 2014, according to the Home Builders Federation’s Housing Pipeline report released today (September 11). …

Berkeley enjoys "stable operating environment"

Sept. 1, 2014

Housing demand has remained “resilient” for Berkeley Group, it said today (September 1).  

CPA forecasts

Sept. 1, 2014

Private housing starts are set to increase by 18% this year to 134,170 units, according to the Construction Products Association’s Summer Forecasts.

Demos apprenticeship drive

Sept. 1, 2014

Demos has launched a commission on apprenticeships to find ways of increasing the number of high quality apprentice programmes across the UK, with a focus on c…