Christopher Pincher named 10th housing minister in 10 years

Christopher Pincher has been appointed as Minister of State for Housing and Planning as part of the recent Conservative cabinet shuffle. Replacing Esther McVey, who had only been in the role since July 2019, Christopher is the 10th person to [...]

£35 million Investec loan kickstarts major Brighton mixed-use development

Investec Structured Property Finance (“Investec”) announces that it has agreed to provide mixed‐use developer First Base and Patron Capital, the pan-European investor focused on property-backed investments, with an £35 million, 3-year loan, to fund the speculative development of a commercial [...]

1.4 million new homes registered to be built in the past decade, reports NHBC

The number of new homes registered to be built per annum in the UK has risen by more than 80 per cent over the last decade, according to NHBC’s annual new homes statistics. Over the ten-year period (2010 – 2019), [...]

BoKlok UK exchange contracts on its first three development sites

BoKlok UK Ltd, the sustainable, quality and low-cost home provider jointly owned by Skanska and IKEA has announced the exchange of contracts on its first three developments, since launching in the UK in 2019. The company’s first three development sites, [...]

How confident are UK property investors in the Conservative government?

From Jamie Johnson, CEO of FJP Investment The past decade of British politics has been characterised by one theme: change. Compare this period to the 2000s under the leadership of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, which saw successive parliamentary victories [...]
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