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    • 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

    • Monday, 5 December, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Sunak dilutes housebuilding pledge in face of Tory revolt

      Mandatory targets will become voluntary in bid to keep two factions of MPs onside

    • Friday, 11 November, 2022
      Property downturn hits UK housebuilders as sales plummet

      Developers warn demand has dropped as much as 50% as higher mortgage rates bite

    • Wednesday, 9 November, 2022
      Taylor Wimpey PLC
      Taylor Wimpey says demand for new homes is falling rapidly

      UK housebuilder now selling homes at around half the pace of first half of the year

    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
      Persimmon PLC
      Persimmon cuts dividend as housing sales tumble

      Shares slide after housebuilder warns of ‘increased uncertainty’ and higher taxes

    • Friday, 4 November, 2022
      Construction sector
      UK economic activity shrinks at fastest pace in almost 2 years

      Rising interest rates, economic headwinds and political uncertainty hit construction industry

    • Thursday, 3 November, 2022
      UK economic growth
      Construction slowdown threatens UK growth plans

      Higher costs, tighter credit and labour shortages are hitting the sector, reports find

    • Wednesday, 2 November, 2022
      Helen Thomas
      Housebuilders need tough love — and fresh thinking

      The industry’s gripes about £4.5bn in estimated costs are flawed, but so is government policy

    • Sunday, 30 October, 2022
      UK housebuilders warn new rules and taxes will add £4.5bn to costs

      Industry body says extra expense may be offset by cutting affordable housing contributions

    • Friday, 30 September, 2022
      Hashi Mohamed
      The housing crisis sits at the centre of Britain’s ills 

      We underrate the importance of firm foundations — and a place you can truly call home

    • Wednesday, 14 September, 2022
      Redrow PLC
      Redrow becomes latest developer to point to a cooling market

      Housebuilder says surging inflation has ‘normalised’ homebuying following pandemic boom

    • Wednesday, 7 September, 2022
      Barratt Developments PLC
      UK housing market shows signs of slowdown, says builder Barratt

      Home reservations fall over fears of inflation and rising interest rates

    • Tuesday, 6 September, 2022
      Berkeley Group Holdings PLC
      Housebuilder Berkeley flags cautious approach to London

      Fears volatility in housing market and high inflation may slow development activity in UK capital

    • Tuesday, 6 September, 2022
      Faith Glasgow
      Householders rethink home improvements as living costs bite

      Materials and energy inflation add to troubles for tradespeople

    • Monday, 5 September, 2022
      Housebuilder Vistry agrees £1.25bn deal to buy rival Countryside

      Combined group to be led by Vistry boss Greg Fitzgerald

    • Friday, 2 September, 2022
      UK house prices
      UK housebuilders’ shares tumble on gloomy house price predictions

      HSBC expects value of average British home to drop 7.5% with central London falling further

    • Friday, 26 August, 2022
      Property sector
      Soaring UK rents leave tenants facing eviction and homelessness

      Growing number are unable to keep up with payments in a rapidly overheating market

    • Wednesday, 17 August, 2022
      LexUK tax
      Windfall tax/housebuilders: optics trump logic when targeting business Premium content

      Taxes on high profits stifle investment, reduce supply and lift prices higher

    • Tuesday, 16 August, 2022
      Competition & Markets Authority
      Competition watchdog closes leasehold probe into Barratt Homes

      CMA cites insufficient evidence for case against housebuilder over ground rents

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