All Housebuilders articles – Page 8
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NewsIlke Homes explores sale to allow delivery of 4,200-home pipeline
Yorkshire-based modular housebuilder ilke Homes has halted production as it explores a sale to allow the company to deliver its 4,200-home pipeline.
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NewsHenry Construction Projects collapses into administration
London high-rise builder Henry Construction Projects has collapsed into administration, the largest firm in the sector to go under since 2021.
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NewsBellway reports ‘sustained improvement’ despite reservation rate drop
Housebuilder Bellway has posted a positive trading update despite reporting that its overall reservation rate was down by almost a quarter in the four months to 4 June.
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NewsTopHat hires ex-JCB CFO David Brown
Former JCB chief financial officer (CFO) David Brown has been appointed as the new CFO at modular housebuilder TopHat.
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OnlineCrest Nicholson warns of further house price falls
Housebuilding giant Crest Nicholson has warned of further slowdown in the housing market as it posted a more than 60% slump in half-year profit, as higher mortgage rates and broader economic worries dampened demand from buyers.
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NewsHalifax reports first annual UK house price drop in over a decade
Halifax has reported the first annual decline for UK house prices in over a decade, with the price of an average home down 1% compared with a year ago.
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NewsQ&A: SME developers could prove key in housing delivery
Property entrepreneur Tex Jones on setting up The Developers Club to help support young housebuilders.
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InsightAvamore’s Michael Dean on Labour’s housing policy: balancing ambition and practicality
Labour’s housing policy aims to address the pressing issue of the housing crisis in the UK. With a focus on affordable housing and streamlining the planning system, the party presents ambitious goals for becoming the ‘party of home ownership’.
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NewsLabour’s cut-price land sale plans divide industry
The Labour Party’s plans to force landowners to sell plots at lower prices to local authorities have divided industry experts.
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NewsQuintain and FORE Partnership sign up to new Healthy Homes Checklist
Ekkist, wellbeing consultancy for the built environment, has launched a new Healthy Homes Checklist, with developers Quintain and FORE Partnership among the first to sign up.
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InsightMaterial steps for tackling inflation
Editor: Disruption to the construction sector caused by the volatility of material price inflation shows no signs of abating, with recent analysis of Office for National Statistics data showing inflation added £23bn to the cost of the sector’s output compared with pre-pandemic levels.
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NewsGove unlikely to back down on beauty
Planning experts believe housing secretary Michael Gove is likely to retain his stance that housing schemes should be “beautiful”, despite news he could rethink his rejection of a Berkeley Homes scheme in Kent on aesthetic grounds.
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NewsVistry to revisit executive pay policy after shareholders revolt
Vistry has indicated it will reconsider its new executive pay policy after nearly half of its shareholders voted against its bonus plans.
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OnlineDominus hires projects director
Dominus has appointed Will Charlton as its new projects director to help grow the group’s UK pipeline.
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NewsRockwell plans 269-home luxury London riverside scheme
London-based mixed-use developer Rockwell has revealed plans for a 269-home luxury river-front development in Hammersmith & Fulham.
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OnlineVistry expects profit boost at sales rate improves
Housebuilding giant Vistry has told investors its sales rate has continued to improve in the year to date as it pointed to a surge in full-year profit.
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InsightGovernment must get to grips with housing crisis
The housing crisis lurches from tragedy to farce and no one is making any more land, leaving millions of renters lightyears away from owning their own residence.
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InsightAlastair Stewart on the futureproofing of new housing developments
Snow in May – even if it is in Manchester? Except the artificially produced flurry is not at the northern capital’s indoor ski slope but from a housing research project trying to preserve the future of the natural white stuff.
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InsightPocket’s Marc Vlessing on how an SME housebuilding renaissance can help fill the delivery vacuum
The longest and arguably most interventionist demand-side state-sponsored housing policy since the Right to Buy has come to a final end, bringing the curtain down on its 10th anniversary.
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NewsModular housing still set fair despite L&G factory closure
While firm pulls the plug on its modular factory, others in the sector are attracting interest from investors
