Housing View

Every week we publish a summary of the latest UK housing news, as well as featuring guest posts and conversations with leading industry professionals.

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Included in this week’s news update:

🏘️ Planning and Infrastructure Bill introduced to Parliament

☑️ Government looking to reduce statutory consultees

📉 Construction output falls in January

🧱 Forterra warn of price rises

https://t.co/C7lNGYZYY0

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Included in this week’s news update:

📉 Planning approvals in 2024 hit decade low

🛠️ Select Committee hears of industry barriers

🏘️ Construction output slumps in February

💰 House prices remain stable

https://t.co/mjZEpqdFj4

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Included in this week’s news update:

📈 Housing market remains stable at the start of 2025

🏙️ Grenfell recommendations adopted

💰 Taylor Wimpey reports on ‘robust’ market

https://t.co/XeOBDYPRuw

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Included in this week’s news update:

💰 Developers report ongoing struggles to sell Section 106 units

🏘️ House price growth softens as sellers look to beat stamp duty deadline

👷‍♂️ Construction insolvencies fall in 2024

https://t.co/lzu92sRqKP

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Included in this week’s news update:

🏘️ Rayner recommits to 1.5m new homes

💰 £300m boost to Affordable Homes Programme

👨‍💼 Nine in ten planning departments struggling to recruit

📈 Latest developer trading updates

💭 and more…

https://t.co/otNjbN1qnE

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Included in this week’s news update:

🏘️ Grey belt land will make no significant difference, Lords find

🏗️ Construction output falls in January

💰 House prices hit record high

🤝 Miller buys St Modwen as Crest profits plummet

📝 and more…

https://t.co/f8nIusNOqp

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Included in this week’s news update:

🏘️ Housebuilding struggles as overall construction output increases in 2024

💸 Construction firms in financial distress increases

📈 Strong start for housing market in 2025

🧱 Brickmaker warns of price hikes

https://t.co/px5UmeWeyQ

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Included in this week’s news update:

🔍 CMA extends investigation into housebuilders

📈 Construction output grows in November

💰 Developers post trading updates

https://t.co/XBt3wtl8u9

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Included in this week’s news update:

🗺️ Planning permissions fall to record low

🏘️ Construction recovery loses momentum

📉 Churchill and Bloor experience drop in profits

https://t.co/SFqSot5BVM

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Included in this week’s news update:

👷‍♂️ New RICS president warns skills shortage could scupper housebuilding plans

🥇 Construction professionals recognised in NY Honours list

📉 Third Vistry profit warning issued

https://t.co/NwNlJIpBm3

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🏘️ Thousands of affordable homes unfinished due to lack of RP bids

💰 Homes England extends fund for SMEs after report highlights barriers

🤝 Miller buys St Modwen

📈 Housing market beat expectations in 2024, says Halifax

https://t.co/sqh5P6wvUw

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📕 Industry reacts to NPPF

🏘️ Planning committees can be bypassed

💰 Tender prices set to rise in 2025

👷‍♀️ Women in housing mentor pairings announced

https://t.co/PkaOxGWIkH

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🏘️ Starmer reiterates 1.5 million homes pledge

🗺️ Planning is the key obstacle for SME builders

📉 Housebuilding output falls sharply in November

💰 House price growth reaches record high

🏙️ Developers commit to accelerated remediation plan

https://t.co/Fs6FSPXFwq

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Included in this week’s news update:

📉 Housing supply falls in 2023/24

🧱 Material issues likely as demand surges

👴🏻 Taskforce calls for national housing strategy for ageing population

https://t.co/OTxVfSesHr

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“When you think about it, it’s quite an amazing thing that we do.”

It was a pleasure to chat to Elly Hoult, President of @CIHhousing, about her campaign to bring more talent into the industry, the myths around construction, and her poor cooking skills 👇

https://t.co/MJrSj9T7Hi

[Housing View @ukhousebuilding]

“When you think about it, it’s quite an amazing thing that we do.”

It was a real pleasure to chat to Elly Hoult, President of the @CIHhousing, about her campaign to bring more talent into the housing industry and the myths around construction

https://t.co/MJrSj9T7Hi

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Included in this week’s news update:

🏥 Latest HSE statistics published

🏘️ House prices rise in the year

💰 Crest profit at lower end of expectations

🏠 Housing association spend below forecast

https://t.co/Zetl8ulPm2

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Included in this week’s news update:

🏘️ Rayner calls in 8,400-home scheme

💅🏻 Pennycook announces ‘beauty’ design code changes

📈 New work drives construction output growth

🏠 Private registrations up 58%

🧱 Forterra plans price increases

https://t.co/qK7QcuwPpw

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🏘️ Savills research finds need for 187,000 more affordable homes every year

📈 House prices increase for fourth consecutive month

🛠️ SMEs report falling workloads

📝 Vistry, Persimmon and Taylor Wimpey post trading updates

https://t.co/Je4clXM7Lk

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In this week’s news update:

💼 Reeves delivers first Budget to mixed response

💰 HBF finds that Help to Buy delivered £2bn return

🏘️ Annual house price growth slows in October

📈 Housing output set to increase by 8% next year

https://t.co/Dc8EFseGAT