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London Mayor pledges ‘thousands of new homes’
Boris Johnson has said that he wants to see “tens of thousands of wonderful new homes” being built in the capital each year over the next four years. Speaking to a cross-industry audience the Mayor confirmed his commitment to housing in London, promising to create 55,000 more affordable homes after
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Apr
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Neil Jefferson promoted to NHBC board
Neil Jefferson has been appointed to the main board of NHBC in the newly-created role of customer and business development director. Neil, who is also CEO of the Zero Carbon Hub, key responsibility will be to look after NHBC’s key builder customer relationships, technical standards and research and innovation. Speaking
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Apr
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Housing Minister welcomes the Halifax to NewBuy scheme
The Halifax has announced that it has joined the NewBuy mortgage guarantee scheme. The lender is the fourth to offer mortgages under the 95% LTV scheme and will initially work with nine housebuilders to help potential buyers of their new homes. Commenting on the Halifax joining the scheme housing minister,
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Mar
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Private housing surges as social housing slumps
According to NHBC figures private sector housing registrations rose 27% in – but public sector registrations continue to slump, down 58% year on year. 7,139 new homes were registered in the private sector in February compared with 5,628 last year, while there were just 1,373 public sector registrations, down from
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Mar
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Government publishes planning framework
Planning minister Greg Clark has announced the publication of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), designed to simplify the planning system and boost growth. The NPPF includes a presumption in favour of sustainable development and a brownfield first policy. The document gives local authorities control over their housing plans –
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Mar
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Get Britain Building shortlist schemes announced
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has announced the shortlisted schemes for the government’s Get Britain Building Fund. The 224 shortlisted schemes will now be invited to enter a due diligence process before any contracts are signed. HCA received 170 expressions of interest, containing bids for 392 schemes. Each was
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