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Jamie Johnson, CEO, FJP Investment. The spread of coronavirus is arguably the biggest global event since the Second World War, having a devastating impact on people’s health and financial markets. Billions has been wiped off the London and New York... View Article

Developer Southern Grove has secured a site in London commuter hotspot Maidstone for a significant fully affordable and design-led housing scheme. All 175 units that will be built on the site of the Old Springfield Library will be available through... View Article

Moda Living (Moda) and funding partner Apache Capital Partners have submitted a planning application to deliver a 722-home build-to-rent development in Birmingham. The plans were formed following extensive engagement with key stakeholders including Birmingham City Council, the Jewellery Quarter Development... View Article

Interest in house extensions, garden rooms, home offices and annexes has surged by a fifth in the last week as people working from home for the first time realise they need more space, modular house-builder Built & Spaces reveals today.... View Article

The number of new build homes started and completed in the last quarter of 2019 fell below government targets, according to new government figures published today – and the industry says the coronavirus pandemic is set to impact these further. According to... View Article

Small and medium-sized construction building companies need urgent and immediate additional support from the Government to prevent wide-scale insolvencies and job losses, said the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) in a letter sent today to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy... View Article

The Housing Growth Partnership (HGP) – a partnership between Lloyds Bank and Homes England – announced today it has supported house builders to deliver and sell 1,000 new homes across the UK. Launched in 2015, HGP has provided over £120m1... View Article

Government plans to put good design and place-making at the heart of a reformed planning system have been welcomed by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI). Speaking in Parliament, Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said that the new system would champion... View Article

The MP for Leeds West, Rachel Reeves, showed support for plans of 59 new homes on the old Wortley High School campus, as work started on site this week. Ms Reeves joined representatives at Keepmoat Homes, who acquired the site... View Article

Waiting lists for social housing in rural communities are on the rise which has led countryside campaigners to call for the Chancellor to announce a significant uplift in investment in homes that people can afford to live in. According to... View Article

Demolition work has finished on Napier and New Plymouth House, the first site in phase one of Havering Council’s 12 Estates regeneration programme with Wates Residential. The joint venture programme will see around 3,500 high-quality new homes delivered in Havering... View Article

From Chris Stanley, Housing Manager, Concrete Block Association. As a new decade dawns upon us, I’m filled with a certain degree of cautious optimism. Of course, you have to take any new government’s pledges with a slight pinch of salt, but... View Article

A primary school in Cam has had their preschool unit on their site completely revamped over the February half term, thanks to St. Modwen Homes. The housebuilder reached out to its staff and contractors who all worked together to help... View Article

It is an unfortunate truth that our world is almost entirely built from materials that are mostly unsustainable. Wherever you are — if you are indoors — take one look around and the chances are your eyes will fall on... View Article