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A Gloucestershire village will be the latest to benefit from new affordable homes from a large Midlands provider. Platform Housing Group – which manages almost 50,000 homes across the region – has agreed a deal with Vistry, Britain’s biggest housebuilder... View Article

Housebuilder Avant Homes is constructing 118 new homes for WDH after agreeing a £21m deal with the social housing provider. The housebuilder will deliver 118 new homes across its Eden Fields development in Edenthorpe, near Doncaster, and Smithy Wood Gate in Dodworth, near Barnsley. The partnership demonstrates Avant... View Article

Leading retirement BTR developer launches its first London community after recognising high and growing demand for housing suitable for older people in the capital Birchgrove, the UK’s leading provider of rented retirement homes, has today opened the doors to its... View Article

Residents have moved into their new affordable homes at the Brentford Project, a significant mixed-use development within the Brentford Waterside masterplan. Commissioned by Hounslow Council, Tintern, Hamlet and Sonnet Houses provide 96 affordable homes, comprising 2-, 3- and 4-bedroom units... View Article

20 years after the landmark Barker Review of Housing Supply, the Radix Big Tent Housing Commission – chaired by Dame Kate Barker until her appointment to the New Towns Taskforce – has published its final recommendations. The Report, Beyond the Permacrisis... View Article

Futurebuild, in partnership with Innovate UK and the National Home Decarbonisation Group (NHDG) has launched its Big Retrofit Challenge, a bold new competition aimed at unearthing game-changing solutions in home decarbonisation.  The Big Retrofit Challenge offers a unique opportunity for... View Article

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the winners of the 2024 RIBA Awards at a ceremony held on 16 October at London’s Roundhouse. The Elizabeth Line, designed by Grimshaw, Maynard, Equation and AtkinsRéalis, was named as the... View Article

SWITCHING from professional rugby league to quantity surveying, has led to Tom Grundy tackling his biggest role yet – as Anwyl’s new managing director for Cheshire and North Wales. It’s Tom second stint with the homebuilder, following a short time... View Article

Work is set to get underway on the development of a cutting-edge new Extra Care scheme in Hebburn town centre. The 95-apartment scheme, on the site of the former Lincoln Court scheme just behind Hebburn Central, is a partnership between... View Article

Top 10 UK housebuilder, Keepmoat, is working to deliver 90 luxury new homes as part of a £15m investment set to transform abandoned brownfield land in West Bridgford. The housebuilder acquired the site off Wilford Lane, which formerly housed a... View Article

The Government has today launched its consultation on the new Industrial Strategy for Britain, ‘Invest 2035: the UK’s modern industrial strategy’, however, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), has raised concerns about the viability of a long-term plan which does... View Article

Award-winning housebuilder The Hill Group has appointed Tom Starkey as its new Build to Rent and Commercial Asset Manager, the company’s first role dedicated to Build to Rent (BTR).  In this newly created position, Tom will help shape Hill’s BTR... View Article

Starting out on a career path comes with challenges and hurdles, like how to overcome the lack of experience for a job. It starts with an opportunity; a chance to show what you can do, the passion to learn and... View Article