House builders north of the border are calling on the Scottish government to step up new builds to 25,000 a year and to include more private homes. Homes for Scotland, HfS, the country’s housebuilding trade body, [read more…]
Following the successful regeneration of phases one and two of the King Square Estate, Islington Council has awarded Higgins the contract to redevelop the Telfer House site in Lever Street, Clerkenwell, Islington. The contract will [read more…]
The London studio of global design practice Perkins and Will has won an internal firmwide competition to design a co-living community concept that responds to the housing crisis affecting major cities worldwide. The annual Phil [read more…]
Over 2m over-55s live in poor-quality housing that puts their health and wellbeing at risk, according to new research by the Centre for Ageing Better and Ipsos MORI. The report, The impact of Covid-19 on [read more…]
A supported living development in Ashby de la Zouch is set to install an exciting new invention for housebuilders. Specified by Willmott Dixon, BeadMaster’s innovative cover plates will be fitted in 65 new homes at Springfields. [read more…]
Defying forecasts of a housing market slump in 2020, the latest data from Rightmove and Knight Frank show that UK house prices are holding remarkably firm since the lockdown. With asking prices for newly-listed houses [read more…]
Desperately-needed new social homes could go unbuilt unless councils are granted an extension to the time they are allowed to spend money from Right to Buy sales, the Local Government Association warns today (Tuesday 28th [read more…]
Planning reforms are key to fixing the housing crisis, but more attention is needed on supporting local authorities to improve their ability to respond to planning demands, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) [read more…]
Leading north-west property developer, Torus, is breaking ground on a new Wirral development in a continuing effort to increase access to affordable housing options in the Borough. Developing on the former site of Lyndale School, [read more…]
Tim Lowe, Founder of LOWE, says that housing needs to be at the top of every political agenda but with realistic targets and not overpromises of action that simply cannot be delivered. “We are in a [read more…]
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