All Housing articles – Page 18
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News
Kingspan threatened cladding firm with legal action if it revealed results of failed fire test
Grenfell Inquiry hears the 2008 test had failed within 15 minutes with ‘flames coming off the top of the test rig’
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News
Gove pledges to boost transport, town centres and skills in levelling up plan
Long-awaited white paper set to detail how government plans to achieve 12 ‘missions’
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Comment
The Leasehold Reform Bill: a misplaced eye on developers
Limiting a ground rents ban to new-builds seems oddly aimed at housebuilders, who for the most part have modified their practice on this anyway
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News
Mayor warns cost inflation hitting 45% on some London housing jobs
Sadiq Khan says there will be ‘significant impact’ on affordable home building without government cash
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Comment
ESG targets have never been more important for build to rent developers
This is a booming sector, but to win work you need to really show you are making the social and environmental impact that investors are demandingÂ
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Comment
The fury of a homeowner
Tony Bingham is alarmed by an MP’s draconian suggestions for regulating domestic building works – and has a much better idea
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News
Pay into fund or face ban, Gove tells cladding manufacturers
Housing secretary says cladding and insultation sector must contribute ‘significant portion’ of remediation costs
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News
Business secretary still to meet CLC over mounting products testing crisis
Government yet to respond to group’s warning on new certification rules
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News
Crest Nicholson moves back into profit
Housebuilder says ‘turnaround complete’ after torrid few years
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Features
Is working from home causing a planning gridlock?
Many developers say they cannot meet the unprecendent demand for new homes and blame local authorities for switching to remote working
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News
Safety fears force Ballymore to withdraw Docklands tower scheme
Plans for 52-storey tower pulled as concerns raised over single staircase design
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News
Interim Countryside boss says planning delays partly explain poor performance
John Martin says he cannot give guidance on profit and sales until he has reviewed individual sites
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News
RICS to revamp property valuation rules following review
Stricter guidelines to be implemented following concern over independence of valuers
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News
Vistry says it will work with government on cladding cost levy
Housebuilder says profit will be around £345m
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Comment
Does Gove’s £4bn cladding levy mark the start of an anti-development era?
Unable to get more Treasury funding, the secretary of state has found a convenient punch bag and housebuilders could be left reeling for years
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News
Government to pursue housebuilders over £4bn cladding bill
Gove threatens legal action and funding removal if industry doesn’t meet cost of remediating blocks 11 to 18 metres in height
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Comment
We must make a better case for new housing
Persuading residents to accept local development is not easy, but the case in favour is about far more than good design
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News
Kier inks debut £50m deal for Stanhope
West London housing scheme will be built at former TV Centre
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News
Offsite firms put on notice for £10bn framework
Crown Commercial Service deal to be open to all public sector bodies
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News
US private equity group snaps up Miller Homes
Scottish firm becomes latest housebuilder to change owners