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UK housebuilding

  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    LexProperty sector
    Be wary of Berkeley’s shift from housebuilder to landlord Premium content

    Managing tenants is very different to building and selling a house, it could find

    The doorway to a new home wrapped in ribbon at a Berkeley residential construction site in Cranleigh, UK
  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    Berkeley Group Holdings PLC
    London housebuilder Berkeley to become a landlord as sales languish

    UK group sets out plan to build and rent out 4,000 homes over the next decade

    Berkeley signage
  • Friday, 14 June, 2024
    Crest Nicholson PLC
    UK homebuilder Crest Nicholson rejects £667mn bid from rival Bellway

    Deal push follows another profit warning from Crest Nicholson

    Workmen on the outside of partially completed residential houses on a Crest Nicholson development
  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
    The Big Read
    Could a Labour government break Britain’s planning deadlock?

    Radical reform has the potential to unlock housebuilding and pave the way for economic success — if Starmer’s party is bold enough

    An image of houses being built with graphs showing the ups and downs of construction over time
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    Housebuilders call for new limits on local politicians blocking developments

    Home Builders Federation urges next government to ‘take the politics out of housing’

    A construction worker builds a roof on an estate in Aylesbury, England
  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2024
    Blackstone Group LP
    Blackstone in UK rental housing push with £580mn Vistry deal

    Private equity group to buy 1,750 homes as investors seek opportunities in country’s underserved market

    A Blackstone sign with a tower block behind it
  • Sunday, 2 June, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Labour’s pledge to hire 300 planning officers fails to make up for staff exits

    Modest scale of recruitment to replace thousands who left public sector undermines housebuilding goal

    Builder on a residential housing site
  • Wednesday, 29 May, 2024
    Lex
    How politics might help Legal & General’s housebuilding sale Premium content

    Persimmon’s reported interest in Cala Group, an L&G arm, could make sense for all involved

  • Monday, 13 May, 2024
    Asda Group
    Asda to create new ‘town centre’ and build 1,500 homes in London

    UK supermarket is latest retailer to push into residential property in deal with Barratt Developments

    A mixture of residential units and an Asda store
  • Tuesday, 7 May, 2024
    Construction sector
    UK construction activity grows at fastest pace for more than a year

    PMI reading strengthens as expectations of economic rebound and rate cuts boost demand

    Cranes operating at a London construction site
  • Monday, 6 May, 2024
    Number of new homes in England predicted to drop to half of official target

    Savills calls on government to take action to boost housebuilding

    New homes under construction
  • Monday, 8 April, 2024
    State housing schemes in England have ‘materially underdelivered’ since 2020

    Independent review of Homes England comes as country endures chronic shortage of new accommodation

    Local council blocks of flats
  • Thursday, 4 April, 2024
    News in-depth
    Housing associations in England warn ‘we can’t build houses’

    Non-profit groups say slowdown in activity has been worsened by higher interest rates

    Houses under construction in Wakefield
  • Thursday, 28 March, 2024
    UK sends Canary Wharf landlord first cladding bill under new powers

    Housing department seeks to force Yianis Group to pay £20.5mn towards building safety works

    The Canary Riverside development
  • Tuesday, 26 March, 2024
    Bellway PLC
    Bellway chief says housing market ‘on the road to recovery’

    FTSE 250 developer says stabilising mortgage rates have fed through to rising sales since start of year

    Residential apartments under construction at a Bellway development
  • Monday, 25 March, 2024
    UK house prices
    England’s housing has become more affordable, new data shows

    But home ownership still out of reach for many because prices remain high

    A young couple browse the listings in an estate agency window
  • Thursday, 21 March, 2024
    Housing developments axed as Tory planning reforms take effect

    England’s councils reverse course on agreed plans after targets diluted despite acute shortage of homes

    House building on edge of countryside
  • Friday, 15 March, 2024
    Barratt Developments PLC
    UK competition watchdog to probe Barratt’s £2.5bn acquisition of Redrow

    Housebuilders already facing pressure over separate CMA investigation into suspected information sharing

    A Barratt sign on the side of a housing development
  • Wednesday, 6 March, 2024
    Canary Wharf Group PLC
    Canary Wharf gains £118mn loan in Budget

    Chancellor announces £242mn for new homes and life sciences in east London financial district and Barking

    Aerial view of Canary Wharf
  • Sunday, 3 March, 2024
    UK politics
    Tories wrestle with failure to fix Britain’s housing crisis

    Mortgages for first-time buyers were at a 10-year low last year

    A woman looking at advertisements in an estate agents window.
  • Tuesday, 27 February, 2024
    UK social housing
    Spending on UK social housing will ‘save taxpayers money’, study finds

    Upfront cost of building 90,000 new homes would be returned within 11 years, say Shelter and NHF

    A worker fixes tiles to the roof of a home
  • Monday, 26 February, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Britain’s gummed-up planning system

    Red tape must be slashed to meet the UK’s demand for housing and infrastructure

    Scaffolding surrounds a house under construction
  • Monday, 26 February, 2024
    Lex
    Housebuilders have little to fear from latest look at Britain’s broken market Premium content

    New report blames complex planning system for missed targets, largely batting the issue back to politicians

    Builders work on a new Barratt housing development near Warrington, England
  • Monday, 26 February, 2024
    UK watchdog opens probe into 8 housebuilders over information sharing

    ‘Complex and unpredictable planning system’ to blame for building shortage, says Competition and Markets Authority

    A digger passes a partly completed home
  • Thursday, 22 February, 2024
    Property sector
    Hunt draws up plans for 99% mortgage scheme

    UK chancellor’s move aims to reassure voters that Conservatives represent the interests of homeowners

    People look at houses for sale in the window of an estate agent
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