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  • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
    Crest Nicholson PLC
    Housebuilder Crest Nicholson warns about impact of inflation on sector

    UK group reports 60% drop in first-half profits after turmoil of last year’s mini-Budget

    2 hours ago
  • Tuesday, 6 June, 2023
    UK economic growth
    UK construction activity rises at fastest pace in 3 months

    Commercial sector demand pushes PMI reading to highest level since February, even as housebuilding falls sharply

  • Tuesday, 16 May, 2023
    Labour Party UK
    Starmer strives to paint Labour as party of housebuilding

    Opposition leader poised to repeat pledge to bring back housing targets in effort to boost growth

  • Friday, 5 May, 2023
    Housebuilders’ shares rally as fears of drop in UK homes prices fade

    Biggest developers report improving sales and prices holding steady in spring selling season

  • Thursday, 4 May, 2023
    Gove to speed up housing reforms to help tenants and leaseholders

    Bills to end ‘no fault’ evictions and change leasehold system before next election

  • Friday, 7 April, 2023
    ExplainerUK inflation
    The battle for UK businesses to hold down customer price rises

    From hospitality to housebuilding, the way companies manage rising costs is coming under scrutiny

  • Friday, 24 March, 2023
    House & Home
    Could a ‘sweetener’ tempt you to buy a new home?

    From moving costs to million-dollar interiors, incentives are increasingly offered to buyers by housing developers. Beware the pitfalls

  • Wednesday, 22 March, 2023
    Vistry Group PLC
    UK housebuilder Vistry defies gloom as sales rise and costs fall

    Company has benefited from having a large share of its business in affordable housing

  • Tuesday, 14 March, 2023
    UK threatens developers over failure to sign building safety contract

    Minister moves to ban 11 companies from housing market until they sign pledge prompted by Grenfell Tower fire

  • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    ‘Crypto has done better than my Lifetime Isa’

    UK first-time buyers say penalties and property price cap are blighting under-40s product

  • Friday, 3 March, 2023
    Property sector
    UK housing market braced for make-or-break spring

    The first months of the year are typically estate agents and housebuilders’ busiest time for sales

  • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
    LexPersimmon PLC
    Persimmon: UK housebuilder is trading close to trough valuations Premium content

    One of the country’s largest builders of new homes looks like a recovery play

  • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
    Persimmon PLC
    Persimmon warns new home sales may fall 40% on current trends

    Market slowed sharply last year after lenders raised rates in response to disastrous UK mini-Budget

  • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
    UK competition regulator to probe housebuilding market

    Year-long study will focus on property quality, land management and local authority oversight

  • Sunday, 26 February, 2023
    House building set to slump in England, warns trade body

    Number of new properties completed each year could fall to 110,000 says Home Builders Federation

  • Wednesday, 22 February, 2023
    UK social housing
    Affordable housing at risk from new levy, say Church of England and charities

    In letter to Michael Gove, groups say changes to England’s planning system could hit provision of cheaper properties

  • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
    Jonathan Eley
    UK housebuilders’ profitability no less remarkable than BP’s returns

    A decade-long boom means developers are in far better shape than they were ahead of the financial crisis

  • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
    Barratt Developments PLC
    UK housebuilders rally after Barratt flags ‘early signs of improvement’

    Company reports ‘modest uplift’ in reservations in January

  • Sunday, 29 January, 2023
    Lex3D printing
    3D printed homes: nozzle application for tech will ensure prefabs sprout Premium content

    House printers say their method is faster and cheaper than traditional construction

  • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
    UK house prices
    UK house prices dropped by 0.3% in November, says ONS

    Average cost of a home slightly down at £295,000 with London reporting weakest figures

  • Friday, 13 January, 2023
    UK housebuilders in retreat amid property downturn

    Developers cut back on buying land in effort to ride out weaker market

  • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
    Ministers consider planning shake-up to boost affordable housing

    Consultation will look at reforms to allow for hundreds of thousands of new homes to be built on brownfield sites

  • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
    Helen Thomas
    This Nimby charter isn’t only a problem in housing

    The government is making promises on planning that seem fantastical, all unicorns and rainbows

  • Wednesday, 14 December, 2022
    Robert Shrimsley
    Tories are selling their future for short-term salvation

    Instead of backing older generations, the party needs to make political choices to appeal to working-age voters

  • Friday, 9 December, 2022
    Berkeley Group Holdings PLC
    Housebuilder Berkeley slows down new UK developments

    London-focused developer cuts earnings guidance as market cools and government imposes new levies

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