VIVID completes handover of key developments

VIVID, the fifth largest housebuilder among housing associations in England and a leading provider of affordable homes, has successfully completed the handover of several key schemes from developer Foreman Homes. The Hampshire-based developments include Berry Way in Park Gate, Millers... View Article

Close Brothers & Barwood Capital Partnership

Close Brothers Property Finance (CBPF) and Barwood Capital have joined forces to offer an innovative development finance model designed to support SME housebuilders. The bespoke approach enables both parties to mitigate risk while providing SME housebuilders with increased access to... View Article

Northamptonshire housebuilder announces appointment

Cora Homes is excited to announce the appointment of its new Managing Director, Matthew Westwood, as the company looks to build on the momentum of 2024. Matthew brings extensive housebuilding experience, a deep passion for growth and a determination to... View Article

BNG Match-Making Service Launched for Developers

Biodiverse Consulting, a leading environmental consultancy, has announced the launch of its new ‘Biodiverse Brokering’ service. The offering connects developers with trusted landowners, helping them meet the biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements mandated by recent legislation. The introduction of the... View Article

Smarter heating, lower bills

As the UK moves towards a greener future, the way we heat our homes is changing. Heat pumps are at the heart of this transformation – an efficient, low-carbon alternative to traditional gas boilers.  By 2028, 600,000 are expected to... View Article

A sustainable retrofit

In the retrofit and extension of his old bungalow, Michael Collins has teased something special out of the ordinary. TEXT ALEXANDRA PRATT IMAGES JACOB MILLIGAN  Sometimes, the perfect home project doesn’t need to be the dream building plot. Sometimes, it... View Article

New affordable homes given the green light

Plans for the construction of 25 affordable homes across two locations in the city that will provide much needed supported accommodation for young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness have been approved at Salford City Council’s Planning... View Article

New £13m development for former scrap yard

A development of 40 new homes on Town Street in Stanningley, West Yorkshire has been granted outline planning permission by Leeds City Council. The £13m scheme, by Redstart Robinson Developments, will comprise a mix of two, three and four-bedroom houses... View Article

Gleeson to deliver 147 high-quality affordable homes

Gleeson Homes, the high-quality affordable housebuilder, is delighted to have completed on the purchase of land for development of 147 high-quality affordable new homes on Ottringham Road in Keyingham, following the planning consent which was received in December 2024. The... View Article

Vistry Group and MTVH complete deals for 323-homes

The Joint Venture (JV) between Vistry Group, the UK’s leading provider of mixed-tenure homes, and Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH), one of the UK’s largest housing associations, has agreed multiple deals to enable the construction of the 323-home next phase... View Article

Jones Homes to build executive homes in Edgerton

Jones Homes has acquired land in Edgerton where it will build an exclusive development of 40 new executive homes. The land deal to purchase the site was completed on Wednesday 5 February with planning permission for the 7.8-acre site off... View Article

Homes benefit from £4.4m housing investment programme

Hundreds of homes across Hartlepool are benefitting from a major investment programme, with customers receiving a range of internal upgrades. Over the last 12 months Karbon Homes has worked with specialist regeneration contractor RE:GEN Group to carry out the improvement... View Article

Cala expands leadership team with appointments

Cala Group (Holdings) Ltd, a leading UK housebuilder, today announced the appointment of Ian Sutcliffe as Non-Executive Chairman, effective immediately. The company also announced the appointment of Tom Nicholson as Non-Executive Director. Ian Sutcliffe brings a wealth of experience to... View Article

Seven retrofit innovations you need to know about

THE JUDGING period for the Big Retrofit Challenge has concluded and seven potentially game-changing innovations in home decarbonisation have been selected as winners. Designed to unearth pioneering solutions for decarbonisation and healthy living spaces, The Big Retrofit Challenge winners demonstrated... View Article

Housebuilder delivers 169 homes in Wigan

Through its ongoing partnership with Wigan Council, top 10 housebuilder, Keepmoat, has delivered 169 quality new homes, including 42 affordable homes with local housing association Jigsaw Homes, and trained more than 19 young people in a relevant trade role. As a result... View Article

Affordable homes delivery on the rise

The social housing sales and demolitions data published today by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government shows that there were 17,504 social housing sales in 2023-24, a 28% decrease on the previous year. During the same period, there were 13,964... View Article

Futurebuild arena programme 2025 challenges industry

Celebrating two decades of supporting positive change in the built environment, Futurebuild 2025 will be focusing on the theme of “impact”, with the Futurebuild Arena programme asking us all to question: Where are we today? Are we making the progress... View Article

Hill Group and Lloyds Living celebrate topping out 

Award-winning housebuilder, The Hill Group and rental homes and shared ownership provider, Lloyds Living have marked a milestone in the construction of the Nexus project in Stevenage with a traditional topping out ceremony. Comprising 264 rental apartments in Stevenage town centre, Nexus is... View Article