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Following Theresa May and James Brokenshire’s speech at Housing 2019, Bjorn Howard, group CEO of housing association Aster Group, said: “It’s heartening to see that, amid a leadership contest and the ongoing Brexit saga, the Prime Minister is doing what... View Article

Commenting on the Nationwide June HPI, Jonathan Samuels, CEO of property lender Octane Capital, said: “The property market is usually buoyant in June but political events have taken the pressure out of it like a slow puncture. “If it weren’t... View Article

The prime minister must take responsibility for the “tiny homes” that she facilitated by ignoring industry and campaigner advice for better housing standards and more appropriate policy. Changes to policy are welcomed but, unfortunately, it is too little too late... View Article

Following the land use change statistics released this morning that show a decline of house building on both green belt and previously developed land, Joseph Daniels, founder of modular developer Project Etopia, commented: “A halving of the proportion of new... View Article

A leading construction solicitor has warned that the construction sector should brace itself for the results of an ongoing investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).   In March 2019 the CMA announced that it was investigating suspected anti-competitive behaviour in... View Article

The Home Secretary, Sajid Javid has asked the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) to scrap plans to impose a £30,000 salary threshold on EU citizens coming into the UK after Brexit. Javid has instead asked the MAC to consider allowing companies... View Article

Lesley McLeod, CEO, The Association for Project Safety commented on the Government’s announcement of a £200m fund to replace unsafe Grenfell Tower-style cladding on private high-rise residential buildings:  “Safety needs to be built in so, while the government’s commitment to... View Article

If a future Labour Government was to scrap commercial to residential permitted development it must also come forward with proposals to properly resource our chronically underfunded planning system, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Responding to an announcement... View Article

Through its geovation accelerator programme, which awards grants to help Ordnance Survey and HM Land Treasury make better use of their data, the Government has announced funding for 7 property and geospatial start-ups. This includes RenKap, an online marketplace working... View Article

Former Housing Minister Dominic Raab has called for “radical” housing reforms in an attempt to help renters get on the housing ladder and increase the rate of home building. Attacking the Conservative failure to stand up to developers and ensure... View Article