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Addleshaw Goddard: Central London housing target is ‘pipe dream’ without support for housebuilders

Monday, 21st March 2016

Leading UK law firm Addleshaw Goddard has claimed a target of 40,000 new homes by 2025 in London’s Central Activities Zone (CAZ) is unrealistic without radical public sector intervention. The law firm claims that to reach these figures the Mayor... View Article

Householders believe prices have been rising for three years

Friday, 18th March 2016

· Households in all UK regions perceive that the value of their home rose in March · Londoners perceived the strongest rate of price growth over the course of the month, followed by those in the South East · Households... View Article

The Vinden Partnership reacts to the Budget 2016

Thursday, 17th March 2016

Peter Vinden, Managing Director of The Vinden Partnership – a leading multi-disciplinary consultant company to the built environment – said: “The Chancellor has talked of uncertain economic times ahead and it would seem that with this budget he doesn’t intend... View Article

Mortgage Advice Bureau comments on the CML’s gross mortgage lending figures for January

Thursday, 17th March 2016

Brian Murphy, Head of Lending at Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), comments: “Although gross mortgage lending fell between January and February, it is important to remember this is a common seasonal trend. It is very encouraging to see February’s lending is... View Article

Scape Group on latest ONS figures: Brexit uncertainty has negative impact

Friday, 11th March 2016

Mark Robinson, Scape Group Chief Executive, comments on today’s ONS Construction Output data: “Despite a positive end to 2015, with strong growth of 3.4% in construction output across the year, there has been both an annual and a monthly dip... View Article

McBains Cooper: Fall in output “bad news” for industry and housing targets

Friday, 11th March 2016

Commenting on the January construction output figures published by the ONS, Michael Thirkettle, Chief Executive of leading interdisciplinary international construction and property consultancy McBains Cooper, said: “Today’s figures show a second successive fall in output, which is bad news not... View Article

The Landscape Institute: Healthy New Towns “just the start” to creating a healthy environment

Wednesday, 2nd March 2016

The Landscape Institute (LI) has expressed its encouragement with the NHS England announcement of the Heathy New Towns Programme. LI president Noel Farrer said: ‘ NHS England announcement on the Healthy New Towns programme is an important development for improving public health. Treating... View Article

House of Lords is right to emphasise housebuilding quality over focus on speed and volume

Monday, 29th February 2016

By Martin Townsend, Director of Sustainability, BRE Global Published last week, the House of Lords Select Committee report Building Better Places makes significant and welcome recommendations to improve the quality and health of homes being constructed in the future rather... View Article

Fast track planning urgently needed, says FMB

Thursday, 18th February 2016

Government proposals to offer a fast track planning process for house building are needed urgently, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the FMB, said: “It’s very welcome news that the Government has listened... View Article

New SDLT rules a ticking time bomb, says lawyer

Wednesday, 17th February 2016

A leading residential property lawyer in the Midlands has claimed residential property purchasers are confused and panicked as the new Stamp Duty Land Tax rules are set to be introduced in April. “Confusion, and panic, amongst residential property owners is rife,” says Alison... View Article

Mortgage Advice Bureau comments on the CML’s monthly lending trends for December

Tuesday, 16th February 2016

Brian Murphy, Head of Lending at Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), commented on the latest lending trends: “After a brief cooldown in November, residential purchase lending picked up again in December. Over the past 12 months purchase lending has increased across... View Article

Council Tax misuse hitting SME house builders, warns FMB

Monday, 15th February 2016

Central Government must prevent local authorities from hindering SME developers with unfair Council Tax burdens, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has warned ahead of the Budget Statement. Brian Berry, Chief Executive of the FMB, said: “If the Government is... View Article

McBains Cooper says “chronic” skills shortage must be addressed

Friday, 12th February 2016

The monthly construction output figures published by the ONS revealed that comparing the annual 2015 data with 2014, output in the construction industry was estimated to have increased by 3.4 per cent. Michael Thirkettle, Chief Executive of leading interdisciplinary international construction and... View Article

BSRIA welcomes the Lyons’ Housing Commission Review

Thursday, 11th February 2016

The Lyons Commission has released an independent review underlining five key actions to deliver the increase in house building to tackle the nation’s housing challenges. The report highlighted the drastic need for more subsidised affordable and private-rented homes and welcomed the priority government... View Article

Mortgage Advice Bureau comments on the RICS Residential Market Survey

Thursday, 11th February 2016

Brian Murphy, Head of Lending at Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), comments: “An increase in new property listings is a step in the right direction, but after more than a year of falling supply will do little to quell rising house... View Article

Bennett of the Vinden Partnership sees positives despite industry slowdown

Tuesday, 2nd February 2016

The Vinden Partnership react to January’s Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index. Martin Bennett, a Regional Director at The Vinden Partnership – a leading multi-disciplinary consultant company to the built environment, commented: “The slowdown in the industry is, on the... View Article

Robinson of Scape Group urges industry to “look at the bigger picture”

Tuesday, 2nd February 2016

Markit/CIPS Purchasing Managers’ Index showed the weakest expansion of UK construction output for nine months in January. Mark Robinson, Scape Group Chief Executive, commented: “It’s clear that purchasing managers are less confident than they have been for some time, and that’s a... View Article

Mortgage Advice Bureau comments on the Bank of England’s Money and Credit Report (December)

Monday, 1st February 2016

Brian Murphy, Head of Lending at Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) announced 2015 a successful year for borrowers as the number of mortgage approvals grew to nearly reach a two-year high in December. He said: “Existing homeowners were the frontrunners in this... View Article

British Safety Council welcomes new safety fines guidelines

Monday, 1st February 2016

Courts in England and Wales will be required to follow comprehensive sentencing guidelines when prosecuting companies and public bodies in breach of health and safety legislation from 1st February 2016. Neal Stone, Policy and Standards Director at the British Safety... View Article

CPA: Construction output in marginal decline but fundamentals remain positive

Thursday, 28th January 2016

The ONS reported the UK gross domestic product has risen by 0.5 per cent. Within this, construction output was marginally weaker, by 0.1 per cent, its second consecutive quarterly fall following the third quarter’s 1.9 per cent decline. Professor Noble Francis, Economics Director at... View Article