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Legal & General to produce flat pack homes
British insurance firm Legal & General has taken a step into the construction sector, revealing it will produce flat pack homes…
A new factory in...
London and the north east of England are new build hotspots
According to a new analysis the north east of England and London have seen the largest concentration of new build starts in the past...
Bovis Homes replaces poor performing contractors
Poor productivity and quality of work has forced house building firm Bovis Homes to replace a substantial number of contractors across its sites…
Substandard performance...
Local communities tackle housing crisis by building their own homes
Local communities are creating affordable homes by setting up and managing their own housing developments…
Local-led projects to tackle the housing crisis have given communities...
Hundreds of construction workers needed to build new town
Some 280 construction workers are required to create a new town near Plymouth that will see over 5,000 homes built…
Hundreds of construction staff will...
LGA warns starter homes are unaffordable
A new analysis has suggested the government’s discounted starter homes scheme is not affordable for the majority of first-time buyers…
The starter homes scheme is...
Second accident at Persimmon Homes site in 48 hours
A man has fallen from a ladder in the second accident to occur within a 48 hour period at a Persimmon Homes building site...
Superfast broadband for new builds
The government has agreed a deal with Openreach and the Home Builders Federation to ensure new homes have superfast broadband connectivity…
New build homes will...
Smarter homes: How to save money and cut emissions
Freelance writer Russell Bowes outlines how the implementation of smart technologies can impact the way our homes are built and heated…
The home of the future...
Major housebuilder questions discounted homes scheme
Taylor Wimpey has raised questions over government plans to offer discounts to first time buyers…
The government has been somewhat chipper over its plans to...
New Housing Zones secure funding
More than £6m has been granted to councils to begin work on Housing Zones across the country in a bid to increase the number...
New large-scale custom build pilot launched
Housing Minister Brandon Lewis has announced a new development has been selected as a national pilot for large-scale custom build…
A development in Basingstoke has...
Thousands of homes to be built on green belt
Councils will be allowed to build starter homes on green belt as planning laws are relaxed to meet the demand for properties…
Strict rules surrounding...
Building society leads energy efficient homes group
The Nationwide Building Society has announced it is leading a research group investigating whether energy efficient homes can form part of mortgage affordability calculations…
Energy...
Vanished London – unlocking new creations
Jake Mason, CEO of Evolve argues that developers should learn to make use of the rich, but now vanished history of neighbourhoods in London,...
Scottish public buildings fail to utilise renewable heat
Scottish councils have been criticised for failing to use energy efficiency measures to heat public buildings…
According to the figures only one per cent of...
Under construction: research shows what kind of homes are being built
New research from the NHBC has revealed the type of properties under construction across the country…
The National House Building Council (NHBC) has unveiled a...
Heat map shows energy efficiency of Herefordshire homes
Residents in Herefordshire can discover how energy efficient their homes are via a new online heat map…
New home permissions will not be given retrospectively
Permission in principle for new homes will not be given retrospectively and will only apply to site allocations in future plans…
According to an impact...
Could energy efficient homes exacerbate asthma?
A new study has warned a lack of ventilation in energy efficient homes could create more indoor pollutants…
Asthma could nearly double by 2050 due...
£565.5m profits for Barratt Homes
Major house building firm Barratt Homes has reported a jump in profits for the year to the end of June…
House building firms are reaping...
Lenders use inaccurate models to value energy efficient homes
Mortgage lenders are undervaluing energy efficient properties by as much as £45,000…
A new report from the UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) and University College...
Empty homes: turning local effort into local impact
Over 27,000 privately owned homes in Scotland have been empty for 6 months or more. Kristen Hubert, National Manager for the Scottish Empty Homes...
Plans submitted to build 62 homes on former Bayer site
A developer is seeking planning permission to redevelop the former Bayer industrial complex into a residential site…
The three and a half acre site that...
New home registrations in Yorkshire in decline despite national growth
Despite the rest of the country experiencing an increase in the number of new home registration, Yorkshire saw a decline…
The number of new home...
Planning laws could be relaxed to boost rural homes
Chancellor George Osborne has unveiled proposals to reform rural planning laws in a bid to make it easier to build new village homes…
The recession...