All Housebuilders articles – Page 10
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MarketsHoming in on healthier living
Housebuilders are starting to prioritise wellbeing in their developments.
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OnlineBellway suffers profit fall in first half
Housebuilder Bellway has reported a fall in half-year profits and revealed a £100m share buyback.
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NewsDirectors quit Vistry after row over bumper bonus deal for CEO
Two non-executive directors at major housebuilder Vistry have quit the company following a row over a potential huge new pay deal for the firm’s chief executive.
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News‘Best consideration’ could undermine plans for 278,000 Community Land Trust homes, warns BPF
Plans to help communities build at least 278,000 homes, unveiled by levelling-up secretary Michael Gove last night (23 March), could be undermined by ‘best consideration’ rules, according to the British Property Federation (BPF).
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NewsTopHat and Man GPM sign £50m deal for East Sussex modular resi scheme
Modular housebuilder TopHat has agreed a £50m development deal with Man GPM, the private markets business group of Man Group, to develop 226 zero-carbon homes in Lewes, East Sussex.
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NewsCrest Nicholson snaps up university campus for 500-home development
Crest Nicholson has acquired Wheatley Campus, a 53-acre site set to be converted into a 500-home residential development, from Oxford Brookes University.
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OnlineVistry hails ‘excellent progress’ in Countryside integration
Housing giant Vistry posted a 20.9% rise in profit in 2022, but cut the shareholder payout as the outlook for the market worsens.
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NewsEutopia Homes acquires Kent school site for resi development
Developer Eutopia Homes has acquired a 5.8-acre former school site in Medway, Kent with Chenavari Investment Managers for a housing development.
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NewsCMA probe into housebuilders threatens to disrupt industry
Regulator may propose competition test for housing sites or forced sales to level playing field for small developers.
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ProfessionalImprovements to the planning system will boost housing delivery
Last week, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) launched a market study into the housebuilding sector – how it functions, how well it performs for consumers and other stakeholders, and how it might work better. This includes concerns that housebuilders are not delivering homes at sufficient speed.
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InsightPeter Bill on planner gains and competition authority pain
Should planning consultants get overage? An essentially moral question, one which came up when confronted with the slightly shocking news two weeks ago that a few in the profession are so confident in their warm relationship with Local Planning Authority officers that they boast of being able to get more ...
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NewsAvant Homes greenlit for £58m Nottinghamshire resi development
Housebuilder Avant Homes Group has been granted planning permission for a £58m residential development in Awsworth, Nottinghamshire.
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NewsTaylor Wimpey buys Henry Boot Milton Keynes site to build 1,855 homes
Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey has acquired a 342-acre site in Milton Keynes to build 1,885 homes from investor and developer Henry Boot for an undisclosed amount.
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NewsDurkan hires Trenwith as group land director
London and South East-focused housebuilder and construction firm Durkan has appointed Stephen Trenwith as group land director.
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OnlineHousebuilders face ’high level of risk’ in CMA probe
The government-requested CMA probe of the housebuilding and private-rented markets “presents a high level of risk” and will pose some “very telling questions” for UK housebuilders, industry sources have warned.
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NewsTaylor Wimpey reports 11% profit increase
Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey delivered £923.4m in profit for the year ended 31 December 2022, which marks an increase of 11.4% compared to the year prior.
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NewsResi high-rises face prosecution if they fail to register with regulator
Legal experts have warned that those responsible for the 12,500 high-risk residential properties in England face “major legal responsibilities and technical assessments” after the Health & Safety Executive issued a six-month deadline to register with the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).
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NewsCMA to probe concerns over housebuilding and rental markets
Housebuilders and the private rented housing market are to come under government spotlight as the subjects of two separate probes by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
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NewsPolitical planning decisions cost economy £20bn
The impact of political and legislative decisions on housing development, combined with interventions by Natural England, could lead to a £20bn reduction in economic activity and £3bn less investment in affordable housing, according to the Home Builders Federation (HBF).
