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The NHBC reports that developers registered 159,617 new homes in 2018. That is a 0.5% increase over 2017. Private sector registration reduced by 1% and the “affordable sector” remained largely flat. New home completions also remained stable – noting a 1% increase over...

Jason Tebb, Group Chief Operating Officer of Go Develop comments on the Halifax House Price Index (January 2019 data): “Portraying a different picture to the house price index released last week by Nationwide, this morning’s report from the Halifax suggests a more...

James Brokenshire, Communities Secretary, has announced that approaching £500 million will be spent on the construction of 11,000 affordable properties across the country. This will assist the government to achieve its target of 300,000 properties per year by the...

Jason Tebb, Group Chief Operating Officer of Go Develop comments on the Nationwide House Price Index: “With house price growth showing a positive reading in January both on a monthly and annualised basis, albeit only modest, the market is demonstrating a level of...

Countryside Properties announced that it had “performed well” during its first quarter. This follows an increased emphasis on the private rental and affordable property sectors. Its updated figures 1/10/18-31/12/18 showed that the urban regeneration partner and...

“The data released this morning by HMRC underscores what many in the industry have been saying about the health of the property market in the UK over the last twelve months;  demand in many regions has remained resilient to the ongoing Brexit headlines, and as a...

Research published by the British Property Federation shows that build-to-rent home construction has soared in the last year, providing significant work streams for contractors. Currently, there are 139,508 build-to-rent homes complete, under construction and in...

Jason Tebb, Chief Operating Officer of Go Develop comments on the HM Land Registry House Price Index (November 2018 data): “Data this morning from the Land Registry suggests that house price growth remained in positive territory from an annualised perspective last in...

Reports suggest that 3 million new homes categorised as “social” will need to be built in England over the next 20 years if the housing crisis is to be solved. Shelter, the housing charity, was quoted as saying that included 1.2 million homes for younger families who...

The East Midlands is reported to be the area with the highest increase in the number of £1million+ property sales – up 67% in the first half of 2018. By contrast, property sales at that level fell in London and the South East during the same period. Daily Telegraph....

It’s been an interesting year for the UK house building sector – particularly with Brexit looming and industry commentators being unsure as to what the future really holds concerning house building, property prices and the impact of leaving the EU. Before we look...

Permissions for 361,971 new homes were granted in the year to October 2018, reports the latest HBF/Glenigan Housing Pipeline study. According to HBF and Glenigan’s data, this is the highest moving annual total since the series began in 2006. Housebuilder New data from...

The government has published its summarised quarterly planning statistics to the end of September 2018. The highlights are: the system processed 110,300 planning permission applications. This is a 6% reduction for the same quarter in 2017; 93,300 decisions were...

A new property portal called “Rummage4Property” is receiving increasing support from a number of Estate Agents and some London-based house builders who have agreed to list their properties on the new site.  The concept is to create a viable and more cost-effective...

The Government has recently announced ambitious new plans to encourage the building of new homes needed in the UK. In a press release dated the 1st of October 2018, it promised that: more new build homes will be made possible through planning reforms; a New Homes...

NHBC new home registrations in October were up to 14,579, an 8% increase year on year. Registrations in the private sector were higher by 7% at 11,097 when compared to the 10,383 recorded in 2017. The affordable sector increased by 12% to 3,482 when compared to the...

Briefing – 26th November 2018 Countrywide has announced that it enjoyed “another year of strong growth" – published 21st November. It stated total completions were up 27% as measured against the same period in 2017. During that period the housebuilder confirmed a...