Posts Tagged ‘build’
Build more homes on small sites
Press release from the Department of Communities and Local Government and Brandon Lewis MP headlines ‘Judgement paves way to build more homes on small sites’. Housing and Planning Minister Brandon Lewis hailed a judgment that paves the way for more housebuilding on smaller sites and that will get homes built more easily. The Court of…
Read MoreNew Homes partnership for Aberdeen
An article appearing on the Scottish Housing News website reported that Places for People has signed a pioneering partnership with Aberdeen City council which will create 2,000 new homes in the city with the potential to build a further 1,000 properties. The landmark £300m Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) model is the first of its kind…
Read MoreTurn round in Home Ownership
According to a press release yesterday from the Department for Communities and Local Government and Brandon Lewis. Figures have shown the success of government initiatives to give hard-working families across the country the chance to realise their ambition of home ownership. New figures show that more than a decade-long decline, starting in 2003, in the…
Read MoreArdmore wins £80m Canada Water deal
Ardmore has been confirmed winner of an £80m contract to build the first residential and retail phase of Project Light at Canada Water in Southwark. The scheme by Notting Hill Housing and Sellar Developments will deliver a new town centre with 1,030 new homes and a range of commercial and community uses across a seven…
Read MoreRent controls..good or bad?
Private rents are becoming increasingly more expensive across the UK, that is a statement of fact, would the introduction of rent controls solve the problem though? Figures recently released by the Office for National Statistics suggest that rents paid to private landlords in the UK have increased by 2.5 per cent over the last year, …
Read MoreCLG housing completions and starts
The Department of Local Communities and Local Government (CLG) have today released House Building Statistics for June quarter 2015 in England. Seasonally adjusted house building starts in England are estimated at 33,280 in the June quarter 2015, a 14 per cent decrease compared to the previous quarter, the seasonally adjusted level of starts in the…
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