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Developers asked to tell the Government what regulatory burdens they want removed

19 January 2012 | David Marsden

In the latest instalment of the Government’s ‘red-tape challenge’ (further details are here), developers have been asked to suggest which regulations in the housing and construction sector should...

Tags on this discussion: Building Regulations Construction developers housebuilders housing Landlords Red Tape Challenge social housing

Government publishes further details about its Build Now, Pay Later housebuilding scheme

23 December 2011 | David Marsden

The Government has this week published a note containing further details of its new 'Build Now, Pay Later' scheme. Click here to read it. The note provides an overview of what Build Now, Pay Later is,...

Tags on this discussion: Build Now Pay Later Construction developers housebuilders phased payments public sector land risk sharing

New home approvals down… and now MPs challenge Government’s planning reforms

22 December 2011 | David Marsden

New figures published by the House Builders Federation’s (HBF) reveal that there were only 32,928 approvals for new homes in Britain in the third quarter of 2011 - a 10 per cent fall on the same period...

Tags on this discussion: Communities and Local Government Committee HBF House Builders Federation housebuilders NAPF National Planning Policy Framework new homes Planning sustainable development

The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement: good and bad news for homebuyers

5 December 2011 | Richard John

There was good and bad news for homebuyers in the Chancellor’s recent Autumn Statement. The introduction of a new-build indemnity scheme, aimed at increasing the supply of affordable mortgage finance...

Tags on this discussion: deposit developers First-time buyers housebuilders indemnity mortgage new-build new-build indemnity scheme relief right-to-buy social housing Stamp Duty Land Tax

Government set to release more land for housebuilding

16 November 2011 | Karin Holt

The Financial Times newspaper reported on Monday that the Government is expected to announce a big increase in the number of government-owned brownfield sites that will be made available for building new...

Tags on this discussion: brownfield Build Now Pay Later developers Financial Times housebuilders new homes public land

Cornwall to trial a new shared equity scheme for first-time buyers

11 October 2011 | Richard John

Getting more first-time buyers onto the property ladder is something that this (and the previous) Government have been trying to do for the past few years. The Coalition Government’s new FirstBuy Scheme...

Tags on this discussion: Construction Cornwall developers First-time buyers FirstBuy housebuilders local authorities residential property shared equity

Ding, ding! Round 6: Eric Pickles rejects Cala Homes’ planning application

5 October 2011 | David Marsden

In the latest round of the long-running legal dispute between housebuilder Cala Homes (South) and the Department for Communities and Local Government (full details are here and here), Secretary of State...

Tags on this discussion: Cala CALA Homes DCLG Department for Communities and Local Government housebuilders Pickles Planning regional strategies Winchester

BPF publishes guide for developers seeking utilities connections

9 August 2011 | Michael Oberwarth

The British Property Federation (BPF) has published new guidance to assist property developers and contractors with organising utility connections. Organising utility connections is often cited by property...

Tags on this discussion: BPF British Property Federation developers electricity gas housebuilders National Federation of Builders utilities water

First-time buyer scheme set to be launched in September

23 June 2011 | Richard John

Back in April, I wrote that the Chancellor had announced the launch of a new FirstBuy loan scheme, designed to help first-time buyers get a foot on the property ladder. Full details of the scheme are here. Through...

Tags on this discussion: developers First-time buyers FirstBuy housebuilders new homes new-build

Public land to be released to housebuilders

17 June 2011 | David Marsden

On 8 June 2011, Housing Minister Grant Shapps announced that the Government would release enough public land to build up to 100,000 new homes by 2015. Mr Shapps said that by Autumn 2011, every Government...

Tags on this discussion: Build Now Pay Later developers Homes and Communities Agency housebuilders landbanks public land public sector land residential property

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Latest news and views tagged housebuilders

Developers asked to tell the Government what regulatory burdens they want removed

Government publishes further details about its Build Now, Pay Later housebuilding scheme

New home approvals down… and now MPs challenge Government’s planning reforms

The Chancellor’s Autumn Statement: good and bad news for homebuyers

Government set to release more land for housebuilding

Cornwall to trial a new shared equity scheme for first-time buyers

Ding, ding! Round 6: Eric Pickles rejects Cala Homes’ planning application

BPF publishes guide for developers seeking utilities connections

First-time buyer scheme set to be launched in September

Public land to be released to housebuilders

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