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Following a change in legislation in England and Wales, some home extensions may now be built without the need for detailed planning permission. A single-storey extension of up to 6 metres can be constructed to the rear of terraced and semi-detached homes, and up to 8...

Japan’s biggest housebuilding company, Sekisui House, has partnered with Homes England (a UK government body) and Urban Splash in a £90 million consortium which plans to erect thousands of modular homes across Britain. Financial Times. The Town and Country Planning...

The National House Building Council (NHBC) reports a positive start to 2019 for the new homebuilding industry, with over 37,500 new homes registered by the UK’s housebuilders and developers in the first three months – a 3% increase on the same period in 2018....

Housebuilders Taylor Wimpey report what they describe as a “good start” to 2019, despite rising inflation in building costs. Private sales of homes were notched up at an average of 1.03 per outlet per week during the first four months of the year – compared to an...

McCarthy & Stone reported encouraging half-year results despite market conditions it describes as "challenging". In the six months to the end of February, house completions were up 11% and average sales prices were also up by 7% (to £319,000). Housebuilder. The...

Figures from the NHBC show that private registrations in February dropped almost 17% against the same month in 2018. The number of new homes registered in the private sector during the month totalled 7,550 - a decrease of 16.8%. Housebuilder. It’s back to the future...

Buildings are responsible for the consumption of 40% of the world's energy and 40% of all carbon emissions, according to a white paper released in consultation with industry experts. The paper looks to uncover what the property industry is doing about sustainability...

Official statistics reveal that planning applications across the whole of England were down by 4% in the final quarter of 2018, compared to the number received in the same quarter the previous year. 88,600 of the total 107,800 applications have been granted –...

Peer to peer lender Lendy faces tighter scrutiny by the Financial Conduct Authority following analysis showing that around 55% of its outstanding loans have been judged “non-performing” and that the lender is failing to meet the standards required by the regulator....

Jason Tebb, Group Chief Operating Officer of Go Develop comments on the Rightmove House Price Index: “With all but two of the UK’s regions showing a month on month increase in asking prices in February, the data released this morning from Rightmove proves that there...

London Capital & Finance: £236m firm collapses. Thousands of people who invested in a high-risk bond scheme marketed as a "Fixed Rate ISA" fear they have lost everything after the company collapsed. BBC Infrastructure engineers Interserve have been described as...

Jason Tebb, Group Chief Operating Officer of Go Develop comments on the Halifax House Price Index (February 2019 data): “In a turnaround from last months’ data, the report from the Halifax this morning showing annual, quarterly and monthly increases on...

FT1000: Europe’s Fastest-Growing Companies 2019 We are delighted to announce that Ultimate Holdings (the main hub of Go Develop and Ultimate Capital) has ranked number 823 in the Financial Times 1000 Fastest-Growing Companies 2019 list. This award recognises companies...

Latest statistics show that more than 195,200 properties have been bought with the help of the government’s Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme since its launch in April 2013. Most of these purchases – 81% - were by first-time buyers and the average price paid for a...

Jason Tebb, Group Chief Operating Officer of Go Develop comments on the Nationwide House Price Index: “Even though this morning’s data from the Nationwide suggests a slight softening at topline level in terms of house price growth, the headline figures suggests that...

Balfour Beatty and Mace look set to seal the deal on the construction project for both Euston (£1.5 billion) and Old Oak Common (£1.1 billion) railway stations in London on the proposed new HS2 project, in the absence of competing bids from other contractors. Building...

Jason Tebb, Group Chief Operating Officer of Go Develop comments on the Rightmove House Price Index: “Whilst Brexit is of course a factor in the decision making process for some purchasers, the fact that this morning’s data indicates that asking prices are rising year...

Jason Tebb, Chief Operating Officer of Go Develop comments on the HM Land Registry House Price Index (December 2018 data): “The figures this morning from the Land Registry confirms what we’ve seen for the last year, which is that whilst regionalised performance has...