Private registrations rise 113% - NHBC
Private sector new home registrations have leapt 113%, NHBC has revealed.
Shapps promises zero carbon definition "within weeks"
Housing minister Grant Shapps will be publishing a final zero carbon definition “within weeks,” he has said, reaffirming his pre-election pledge.
Industry will adjust to HCA cuts - Telford
Cuts to the HCA’s budget will be a challenge for the industry but it will find ways to adjust, East London developer Telford Homes has said.
Industry can deliver sustainability but must change, says chief construction adviser
The industry can deliver on sustainability regardless of “tough” government decisions, according to chief construction adviser Paul Morrell.
Home ownership more important than marriage or children - Barratt
Owning a home is more important to people than getting married or having children, according to a Barratt survey. The Barratt Home Buyers Panel, set up to monitor the changing attitudes of home buyers and home owners in Britain, found that 71% of the 2,900 respondents rated home ownership as eight or above out of ten. This contrasts with 46% who attributed the same level of importance to marriage and 44% who rated having children as their biggest priority. Job satisfaction and location of living were runners up in importance to home owners, at 68% and 69% respectively. Taking foreign holidays and having an active social life were bottom of the list of life priorities for the respondents, at 24% and 27%. “These results demonstrate that the economic problems of the last three years have not diminished the huge appetite for home ownership in Britain,” commented Barratt’s chief executive Mark Clare. “But this near-universal aspiration is in stark contrast to the chronic undersupply of housing and the increasing inability of the average person to buy a home of their own unassisted.”
Galliford Try expands landbank as sales increase
Bank of England sees home loan slowdown
Net home loan lending rose £300 million in March, a marked slowdown on February’s increase of £1.8 billion, the Bank of England has said today (May 4).
movers & shakers
showcasing new appointments and moves within the housebuilding and supply industry
Third quarter ascent
The story of recovery continues, with most UK regions seeing a rise in planning applications from a year ago. But, Steve Menary notes, this is not the start of a return to pre-downturn levels
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