The Queen’s speech went ahead yesterday (21 June) despite Theresa May failing to lock in enough votes to carry her agenda through. In a precarious position that no British Prime Minister has been in for decades, May leaned heavily on Brexit and...
Read moreOver the period since the launch of the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme (1 April 2013 to 31 March 2017), 120,864 properties were bought with an equity loan. The total value of these equity loans was £5.86 billion, with the value of the properties...
Read moreA major CITB (Construction Industry Training Board) report into migration and the construction industry has revealed that a third of firms employ migrant workers, saying they have comparable skills to British workers and are more readily...
Read moreRICS is calling on construction firms across the UK to help tackle the skills shortage in the industry by helping some of their community’s most vulnerable people get back into work. It has been predicted that the UK construction industry will...
Read moreBerkeley’s posted a pre-tax profit of £812 million for the year ended 30 April 2017, a 53% surge on the £530.9 million reported in the same period last year. However, forward sales slumped to £2.74 billion from £3.14 as the company warns of...
Read moreThe London Assembly Housing Committee have released the report ‘Homes down the track – a marathon and a sprint for TfL‘ which makes a number of recommendations to TfL, the Mayor and their partners, including: TfL, like most other public...
Read moreKnight Frank spoke to nearly 70 housebuilders and developers across the country for its annual Housebuilder Survey. The companies represented in the survey built more than three-quarters of all new housing in England in 2015/16. Knight Frank’s...
Read moreThe RIBA and NBS has revealed the findings of detailed research into how practices and professionals have successfully adapted to changes in the UK and global economy. Despite the challenges of Brexit and a snap general election, resilient...
Read moreTheresa May’s famous wrong turn when she walked out of No. 10 for the first time last July could easily be interpreted as a sign of things to come, as the country faces changing direction yet again. With the new housing minister, Alok Sharma...
Read moreHousing has now moved up the political agenda, although there have been no calls to tear up the current plan-led system: but is it working as intended? Savills investigated the plan-making process and delivery of housing since the introduction of...
Read moreThere were 10,276 approvals for affordable housing over the year ending March 2017, an increase of 29%, or 2,331 homes, on the previous year, according to the latest Quarterly Housing Statistics for Scotland. This represents the highest levels of...
Read moreIn April 2017 construction output fell both month-on-month and 3 month on 3 month, by 1.6% and 0.6% respectively, according to ONS data. When compared with March 2017, the most notable downward pressure on construction output came from private...
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