NEWS

Housing Minister Christopher Pincher visits Graven Hill ...

05/Oct/2021

Chris Pincher has visited the Graven Hill site in Bicester to see custom and self build in action in the OxCam corridor ...

New edition: Julian Owen’s Self-build – How to Design & ...

27/Sep/2021

A second edition of Julian Owen's book has been released: Self-build - How to Design and Build Your Own Home ...

Gove appointed new Housing Secretary in renamed Department for Levelling ...

20/Sep/2021

Michael Gove has been appointed as new Housing Secretary in Johnson's cabinet reshuffle in renamed Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities ...

Research finds £19m in revenue funding is required to unlock ...

16/Sep/2021

Research finds £19m in revenue funding is needed to unlock community projects in the short term, with more needed to unlock the pipeline of 12,000 homes ...

NSBRC is recruiting for an expert at its Swindon base ...

14/Sep/2021

The National Self Build and Renovation Centre is recruiting for an expert for its help desk at its Swindon base, supporting would be self builders ...

Construction braces for a challenging winter ...

09/Sep/2021

Construction braces for a challenging winter, thanks to the compound effects of Covid, Brexit and gas increases ...

UK first with BuildLoan’s launch of new self and custom ...

27/Aug/2021

BuildLoan has launched Unicus, the UK's first self and custom build mortgage broker platform, an online tool for intermediaries, ...

New £4million Community Housing Fund provides welcome route to finance ...

26/Aug/2021

Government has announced a new £4m Community Housing Fund, a grant programme specifically aimed at increasing community led affordable housing. Launched by Housing Minister Christopher Pincher, the grant fund is ...

Industry responds to the Bacon Review ...

23/Aug/2021

Key players in the custom and self build sector have responded to the Bacon Review warmly, spelling out the role the recommendations will have in scaling up ...

Custom Build Homes responds to the Bacon Review – “the ...

23/Aug/2021

Responding to the publication of the Bacon Review recently, Custom Build Homes (CBH) welcomes the report by Richard Bacon MP, saying that, if fully implemented by the Government, it will ...