
Carbon zero deadline tightened up for new homes
All new homes must be carbon zero ready by 2025 and existing ones must meet higher energy standards, the government has announced. Gas-fired boilers are

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All new homes must be carbon zero ready by 2025 and existing ones must meet higher energy standards, the government has announced. Gas-fired boilers are

Millions of leaseholders will be given the right to extend their lease by a maximum term of 990 years at zero ground rent, the Housing

Empty garages, council houses and land could be a thing of the past under new proposals launched by the government this week. The proposals would

A MasterChef reality TV show for green building projects is being floated by house builder and developer trade association Build Europe. The trade body believes

Plans to transform the city’s iconic college tower, dubbed the Met, into a hotel with leisure and grade A office space are set to become

Construction is gearing up for business as normal with the threat of tariffs and quotas avoided thanks to the trading agreement struck with the EU

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick announced today a rethink on controversial housing need algorithms which favoured the South rather than the North for development. He said

The government’s housing accelerator Homes England is simplifying how it engages with developers and housebuilders to bring public land to market. It’s announced a new

Homes England has reported a year-on-year drop of 56 per cent in the volume of homes started for market sale in the first half of
UK Builders are being advised to liaise with their supply chain much earlier than normal as the end of the transition period for leaving the

Featured on e-architect. New order volumes in November grew at its fastest rate in six years with housebuilding a star performer, according to the UK

Nearly a third of people thinking to move are doing so to be close to a park or have a garden, according to the building
Stamp duty relief on properties up to the value of £250,000 is thought to be behind August’s surprise house price
Nearly 120,000 new homes, of which half will be affordable ownership, are to be built for young people over the
Investments in offices outside the capital for the first half of this year hit £3.58bn – 18 per cent above
Post-Brexit products certification postponed to avoid supply crisis Manufacturers have won an extra year to get products tested to comply
Up to 40,000 new homes a year should be custom or self-built according to a government-commissioned review released on August
Construction firms are being urged to ditch diesel and use electricity to power site machinery enabling them to cut carbon
UK house prices in June recorded a 13.2 per cent annual rise – 4.5 per cent up on May’s figures
The UK government wants up to 3m homes to be powered by hydrogen by 2030, as part of its strategy
Housebuilders are being invited to bid for government funding to help deliver discounted first homes for locals and key workers
Occupier confidence in the West End is beginning to return with some existing retailers moving to better locations or superior-configured
A former apprentice service engineer, Tim Balcon, will take over the reins of the CITB from the beginning of next
Pent-up demand on hold in 2020 has returned with office take-up in the first half of this year nearly a
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves’ pledge to reform planning and bring back mandatory local authority housing delivery targets has received the
The number of sites that gained planning permission in 2023 dropped to the lowest level for a 12-month period since
Biodiversity rules pushing small housebuilders over the edge Just three weeks into new rules on improving biodiversity uplifts on new
Stamp duty rebates for buyers who make their homes more energy efficient and for pensioners downsizing are among the tax
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