Propertymark has urged the UK Government to consider other ways of boosting the supply of homes for purchase. The Government has two...
Archive
09 April 2024
From: Breaking News
Both 'beauty' and ‘gentle density’ are central themes of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).. The notes which accompany the NPPF state...
23 March 2024
From: Features
The debate over the Green Belt, and the newly branded ‘grey belt’, has made the headlines a lot recently and will...
30 December 2023
From: Features
The process from a Local Plan allocation to a digger on site typically stretches beyond the length of a five-year political...
12 August 2023
From: Features
MPs have cast doubt on the Government’s ability to achieve its target of 300,000 new homes per year by the mid-2020s...
14 July 2023
From: Breaking News
The UK is heading for a further drop in housebuilding, according to the latest Purchasing Managers Index data by S&P and...
08 July 2023
From: Features
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak clashed over housebuilding and housing market support yesterday. Sir Keir questioned Sunak’s...
29 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Two former housing ministers have criticised the Government for scrapping housebuilding targets. The Government officially watered-down proposals for mandatory local housebuilding targets...
07 June 2023
From: Breaking News
Rishi Sunak has admitted Conservative Party members were a factor in ditching centralised housing targets. The Government officially watered-down proposals for mandatory...
14 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The removal of housing targets risks a deeper recession and high house prices for generations to come, a planning expert has...
29 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The Government has been urged to revise its plans for affordable housing as MPs warn it is set to fall short...
07 December 2022
From: Breaking News
The Government has officially watered-down proposals for mandatory local housebuilding targets as it brings its flagship Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill...
06 December 2022
From: Breaking News
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday repeated previously debunked claims that the Government is building record numbers of homes. Housebuilding have returned to...
01 December 2022
From: Breaking News
A former Housing Secretary has outlined why the Conservative Party mustn’t abandon its commitment to housebuilding. It comes as some 47 Conservative...
24 November 2022
From: Breaking News
And…breathe. For a while back there, the only certainty for the housing market was uncertainty. That isn’t to say the election of Rishi...
29 October 2022
From: Features
In retrospect, it was perhaps inevitable that the infamous dead cat would come into the debate over government housing targets and...
21 May 2022
From: Features
Boris Johnson's sudden and unexpectedly ruthless Cabinet reshuffle, which drew comparisons with Margaret Thatcher's 'purge of the wets' in 1981, ended...
17 September 2021
From: Breaking News
The design quality of new homes and neighbourhoods across the UK remains stubbornly low, according to a new report by academics. The...
09 December 2020
From: Breaking News
Suddenly Brexit Day is nearly here. It may have taken three and a half years from the Referendum but the UK will,...
25 January 2020
From: Features
Theresa May arrived in Downing Street some three years ago - but her premiership has not been a smooth ride. As she...
06 July 2019
From: Features
Some of Britain’s top property experts say bureaucracy, lack of cooperation and a dwindling number of smaller builders are the main...
06 July 2018
From: Breaking News
The long-awaited Redfern Review has recommended that improved access to mortgage finance and improved income levels for first time buyers are...
17 November 2016
From: Breaking News
Countrywide has taken the unusual step, for an estate agency group, of stepping into next year’s London mayoral election by setting...