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Glenigan: residential starts plunge 36% as costs bite
Glenigan reports residential starts fell 36 percent year on year to August as weak sales and higher build costs stalled site viability.
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HBF: nine in 10 councils lack enough planners
HBF and Paragon Bank say councils across England and Wales are short of an estimated 2,660 planners, with staffing now 20 percent below need and the gap worsening again despite fresh recruitment pledges.
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Government opens mayoral planning powers for 150-home schemes
The government has opened consultation on new mayoral planning powers for schemes of more than 150 homes, marking the first step toward a bigger metro mayor role in major housing approvals outside London.
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Government still has no affordable homes target despite £39bn pledge
The government says it still has no numerical affordable homes target despite its £39 billion Social and Affordable Homes Programme, leaving landlords with a big funding pledge but no delivery benchmark.
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Government fast-tracks homes near stations in planning rewrite
The government says thousands of homes will be fast-tracked near stations under new planning rules published on 17 August, a move landlords will watch for its effect on future supply and local development density.
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Savills: BTR starts plunge 79% as pipeline keeps shrinking
Savills says UK build-to-rent starts fell 79 percent in the year to June, with starts outside London down 84 percent and completions running ahead of new starts for a 10th straight quarter.
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Lloyds Living buys 980 rental homes from Barratt Redrow
Lloyds Living has agreed to buy 980 rental homes from Barratt Redrow across 14 schemes, with the first homes due to reach the market from autumn 2026 and delivery running to the end of 2029.
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Rightmove says new-build supply hits nine-year low as target gap widens
Rightmove says new housing developments brought to market have fallen to their lowest level since January 2017, widening the gap between supply delivery and the government’s building target.
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Scottish housebuilding drops to decade low
Scottish housebuilding completions fell 10 percent in 2025-26 and new starts dropped to their lowest level since 2012-13, according to fresh Scottish Government figures that…
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Right to Buy reforms tighten as ministers raise landlord market questions
Ministers have confirmed a fresh tightening of Right to Buy, with the minimum eligibility period set to rise from three years to 10 and discounts…
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Residential construction starts fall 30% as housing pipeline weakens
Residential construction starts fell 30 percent year-on-year in the three months to the end of March, according to the latest Glenigan Index, adding to concerns…
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Propertymark calls for empty homes reform as 359,000 properties sit vacant
Propertymark has called for coordinated action to tackle the UK’s 359,000 long-term empty homes, warning that financial penalties alone will not solve the problem. A…
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Government pledges £70m to fix building safety skills shortage
The government has announced a £70 million funding package to address critical shortages of building inspectors and fire engineers. The three-year programme aims to strengthen…
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Coalition urges national empty homes strategy as voids hit 310,000
A cross-sector coalition has called on the government to develop a national strategy for bringing empty homes back into use, as the number of long-term…
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Pennycook: Housing supply push will level house price growth
Housing minister Matthew Pennycook has confirmed that Labour’s plan to build 1.5 million new homes by 2029 will affect property prices, telling MPs the “best…
