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  • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
    Berkeley Group Holdings PLC
    Supply of new-build London housing could halve, says Berkeley chief

    Rising construction costs and development taxes to worsen already severe crunch

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    Goldman-backed housebuilder to build Europe’s largest home factory in the UK

    Modular housing developer TopHat says facility will be able to produce 4,000 homes a year

  • Tuesday, 14 June, 2022
    UK demand for new homes outstrips supply despite economic outlook

    Housebuilders Crest Nicholson and Bellway upbeat on their prospects

  • Monday, 13 June, 2022
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Countryside up for sale after shareholder pressure

    UK housebuilder starts sales process just weeks after rejecting bid from US fund

  • Monday, 6 June, 2022
    LexCountryside Properties
    Countryside/In-Cap: friendly capitalism goes hostile in pursuit of housebuilder Premium content

    Board should push for higher bid despite the company lacking a permanent chief or turnround plan

  • Monday, 30 May, 2022
    Countryside Properties
    US investor launches £1.5bn bid for Countryside

    Jeffrey Ubben’s In-Cap goes public after board of UK housebuilder rebuffs offer twice

  • Sunday, 29 May, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    Help to Buy application deadline brought forward by 2 months

    Home buyers using government scheme will have to reserve properties by end of October

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Edwin Heathcote
    Channelling the Nimby spirit won’t fix Britain’s housing problems

    Government proposals allowing residents to vote on new developments are full of holes

  • Wednesday, 11 May, 2022
    Gove drops radical reform of England’s planning system

    Critics say bill outlining more modest overhaul will not enable sufficient new house building

  • Monday, 2 May, 2022
    UK social housing
    Boris Johnson seeks to revive ‘Right to Buy’ plans for housing association tenants

    Prime minister keen to shift public focus away from ‘partygate’ scandal ahead of Thursday’s local elections

  • Friday, 22 April, 2022
    News in-depthUK politics & policy
    English cities warn ‘unrealistic’ housing targets threaten economic growth

    Government home-building pledge creating ‘poisonous’ choice between job creation and residential building, say councils

  • Saturday, 9 April, 2022
    Lex
    UK housebuilders: reeling shares reflect more than remediation costs Premium content

    Provisions are manageable but are compounded by rising mortgage rates, the cost of living and war in Ukraine

  • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
    UK developers edge towards cladding deal with government

    Several housebuilders sign pledge to carry out fire safety work on mid-rise blocks in wake of Grenfell tragedy

  • Wednesday, 9 February, 2022
    Barratt Developments PLC
    Housing demand still running high, says developer Barratt

    End of UK government support schemes has not damped sales of new homes

  • Monday, 7 February, 2022
    Taylor Wimpey PLC
    Taylor Wimpey appoints first female chief, rebuffing Elliott’s push for outsider

    Operations director Jennie Daly will take over from Pete Redfern in April

  • Tuesday, 18 January, 2022
    News in-depthUK politics & policy
    Tory cladding shift leaves relations with UK developers in tatters

    Government’s demand on builders to help pay for post-Grenfell fixes threatens to undermine England’s housing targets

  • Monday, 17 January, 2022
    Construction sector
    Hundreds of UK construction businesses collapse every month

    Companies hit by rising costs and shortage of skilled workers

  • Thursday, 13 January, 2022
    Countryside Properties
    Countryside chief steps down as housebuilder misses out on boom

    Iain McPherson’s departure comes after sharp drop in profits in final three months of last year

  • Tuesday, 11 January, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Developers should pay to fix unsafe cladding

    Michael Gove is right to insist that property builders have responsibility

  • Monday, 10 January, 2022
    Grenfell Tower disaster
    Gove attempt to fix UK cladding crisis looks set to end up in court

    Campaigners warn forcing builders to pay £4bn bill leaves many leaseholders footing cost of fixing other safety issues

  • Monday, 10 January, 2022
    Helen Thomas
    UK government’s plan won’t fix cladding scandal

    It is right that leaseholders should not pay but the scope of the crisis remains unclear four-and-a-half years after Grenfell

  • Monday, 10 January, 2022
    Developers resist Gove plans to meet bill for fixing cladding crisis

    Property companies say they are being singled out to face £4bn burden to tackle fire safety on thousands of buildings

  • Monday, 10 January, 2022
    Help to Buy has pushed up house prices in England, says report

    Lords claim flagship £29bn policy would have been better spent on social housing

  • Thursday, 16 December, 2021
    Serious MoneyClaer Barrett
    Beware the property trap ensnaring young buyers

    Under-40s find the Lifetime Isa has shortlived benefits

  • Wednesday, 8 December, 2021
    LexTaylor Wimpey PLC
    Taylor Wimpey: a change at the top presages a turnround in fortunes Premium content

    Pushing through some cost-cutting should mean housebuilder can build up profitability at the same time

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