BuildLoan educates with autumn broker roadshows

Finance 05 Sep 2017

BuildLoan, specialists in self-build and renovation mortgages and lending, is hosting a series of broker roadshows in the coming months with the aim to educate brokers about the Right To […]

AOC Architecture achieves first Heartlands custom home planning

Projects 05 Sep 2017

AOC Architecture has achieved reserved matters with its littleBig house at Heartlands, the Government’s pilot custom build site in Cornwall.

Confidence in new build quality falls, reports Local Government Association

Building industry organisationsGovernment and housing 04 Sep 2017

Recent research by the Local Government Association (LGA) points to evidence that 1 in 10 new home buyers are dissatisfied with new build home quality, with one in six saying […]

Soaring building materials prices push up construction costs, reports FMB

Building industry organisations 19 Aug 2017

Material price hikes are pushing up building costs across the board, find research from the Federation of Master Builders

Home Building Fund finances first cohousing project

CohousingFinanceGovernment and housing 19 Aug 2017

The Home Building Fund has backed its first cohousing project with a £3.86 million loan to Cannock Mill Cohousing Colchester

Planning practice guidance firms up parameters for custom and self-build homebuilding

Government and housing 15 Aug 2017

A Government Planning Practice Guidance has clarified the rules around the self-build and custom build legislation and duties to supply shovel-ready plots.

Virgin Money launches first mainstream custom build mortgages

Finance 14 Aug 2017

Virgin Money has become the first mainstream lender to offer a dedicated custom build mortgage product to the sector

Alok Sharma to address first Right To Build Task Force Expo

Building industry organisations 10 Aug 2017

Alok Sharma will address the first Right To Build Task Force Expo in Aylesbury, sharing best practice for bringing on custom build homes regionally

L&G unveils first prototypes from its modular housing factory

DevelopersManufacturers 01 Aug 2017

L&G has unveiled the first prototypes from its modular housing factory in Leeds, North Yorkshire, offering increased pace of housing delivery

Bridport Cohousing applies for phase 2 planning permission for its 34-unit community housing project on Mead Lane