Homes England has unveiled its National Housing Bank with an inaugural £100m housebuilding initiative with Aviva, and an Investment Prospectus which sets out the Agency’s aims to deliver over half a million homes “where market failures exist.” The National Housing [...]

Structural defects insurance remains a critical safeguard for developers, lenders and homeowners. Yet a growing number of unregulated and unrated providers are operating in the market, bringing with them significant and often overlooked risks. At first glance, these providers can [...]

The Future Homes Standard (FHS)' secondary legislation has been published by the Ministry of Housing, detailing requirements for designs of new homes that housebuilders must adhere to from 2028. The delayed full consultation response has been published in the hope [...]

The Government has chosen seven locations for 'new towns' across the UK, having reduced down the total from the original 12 recommended locations. The Ministry Of Housing pledged “well-connected new communities with homes, jobs, schools, green space and transport links [...]

The Government has announced a raft of measures to increase delivery of new social housing across the sector, towards its goal of 300,000 new social affordable homes over the next decade. As well as introducing “immediate” Section 106 changes to [...]