Tag: housebuilding

The headline reading from the RICS UK Construction Monitor for Q3 2023 shows a net balance of -10% of respondents reporting a decrease in activity this quarter – the worst result since the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite the generally negative picture, some sectors...

Dr Angela Brockbank has joined Galliford Try from Thirteen Housing GroupGalliford Try has hired Angela Brockbank as its new director for the affordable homes sector, with a brief to develop business relations with affordable housing providers and local authorities. The company has no intention to...

House of Lords voted down plans to remove environmental obstacles to house-building last weekThe House of Lords built environment committee has today published a report on the damaging impact of environmental regulations on housing development and accuses the government of a lack of leadership. The...

Analysis by PwC shows that despite construction output recovering to pre-pandemic levels in 2022, this year is a different story. Higher mortgage rates and the cost of living squeeze have weakened demand, dragging the construction sector into contraction. PwC is forecasting an 8% decline of...

The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) launched its house-building market study on 28th February this year with a call for views on what it issues should concentrate. After receiving feedback from house-builders, planning authorities, campaign groups and others, the CMA has now set out the...

Michael GoveMichael Gove has written to the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) urging it to conduct a study into the house-building sector. His letter dated 9th November was his second such letter of this type, having previously made the same request back in May, the...

Honey chief executive Mark MitchellBased in Sheffield, Honey has agreed to acquire two developments in South Yorkshire and Derbyshire for its first projects. The company intends to submit plans as soon as possible to deliver a total of 141 units across both developments, which will...

Excessive housing development contributes to algae in watercoursesA nutrient mitigation scheme to be established by Natural England will allow local planning authorities to grant planning permission for new developments in areas with nutrient pollution issues. The scheme will create new wetlands and woodlands, funded by...

The latest monthly survey of construction purchasing managers indicated not just another slowdown in growth but also a sharp decline in business expectations for the year ahead. June data indicated that growth projections are now the least upbeat since July 2020. At 52.6 in June,...

Precariously positioned..Latest survey of construction purchasing managers reveals optimism diminishing and the rate of industry growth moderating. Although the industry is still growing, according to this survey series, some commentators fear that this is about to change. “The tide has turned. While the construction sector...

Mayor of London Sadiq KhanNew statistics show that construction started on 4,946 council homes in Greater London in the 2021/22 financial year. The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, wants it to be know that this is more than under any of his predecessors – and...