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Melton Building Society reduces self build mortgage rates ...

26/Oct/2020

The Melton Building Society has reduced the rates on its self build mortgages to make its mortgage products more accessible to a wider range of customers. ...

Community led housing offers high value for money, finds new ...

21/Sep/2020

New research points to the high value for money that community led housing represents. Drawing on a range of existing data, interviews and a survey of community led housing groups, ...

FMB reports that buyer demand for new homes at lowest ...

20/Sep/2020

The Federation of Master Builders annual survey has found that buyer demand for new homes at lowest levels for six years, with planning delays a factor ...

Tetlow King Planning partners up with Custom Build Homes to ...

17/Sep/2020

Custom Build Homes has announced that it will be working closely with Tetlow King Planning to support the delivery of large scale custom build housing projects across the country. The ...

New Housing Diversification body calls on Government to unlock 130,000 ...

11/Sep/2020

A new body, Housing Diversification, is calling for wider support for custom and self build, community-led and SME-built homes ...

40% of homes granted planning permission remain unbuilt ...

10/Sep/2020

40% of homes granted planning permission remain unbuilt says Shelter, as government launches a £11.5bn affordable housing programme ...

CMA investigates major housebuilders over leasehold scandal ...

03/Sep/2020

Four of the UK’s largest housebuilders are being investigated by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) following “troubling evidence” in the way that leaseholds were sold to private house buyers. ...

Chorley planning appeal stresses role of secondary demand data ...

24/Aug/2020

A planning application has been approved at appeal, taking wider demand data in to consideration beyond the local Right to Build register ...

Single dwelling data shows self build numbers growing ...

20/Aug/2020

Analysis of single dwelling data for the UK shows a steady growth in the number of custom and self build homes being built nationally ...

Call for entries: Structural Timber Awards 2020 ...

15/Aug/2020

You've got until 4 September to enter the Structural Timber Awards 2020, celebrating the best in timber construction across the UK ...