21st March 2025 Crest Nicholson sees “encouraging start” to year During its 2024 financial year, Crest suffered a £144m loss.
10th December 2024 Biodiversity Net Gain: successes and challenges Mark Topping, director of design at Lanpro looks at the triumphs and tribulations of BNG following it becoming mandatory for developers in Spring.
2nd July 2024 Why reforms to increase housing output by SME homebuilders should... The current planning system is a 'shambles' and 'archaic' according to Genesis Homes
16th May 2024 Crisis in the construction industry: New report reveals how many... A new industry forecast from the Construction Industry Training Board has highlighted the continuing persistent gap between what the UK needs to keep up with demand and the workforce...
29th April 2024 Good start to the year for Persimmon with improved sales in Q1 The housebuilder has recently echoed statements by Taylor Wimpey regarding improved levels of site visits so far this year.
12th April 2024 Majority of major housebuilders see declines in land bank volumes All but one of the big housebuilders have seen a reduction in the volume of land banking plots held on an annual basis.
28th March 2024 Bellway hails "resilient" performance despite profit slide The housebuilder stated that should market conditions remain stable they would be well-placed to see a return to growth in 2025.
20th February 2024 UK construction costs forecast to rise by up to 3.8% this year The increases are set to add £1.56bn of cost to the National Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline, according to Currie & Brown.
12th February 2024 Completions down 28% at Bellway 'Challenging trading conditions' over the past year have seen the housebuilder report a drop in the number of homes completed.
10th January 2024 Gleeson Homes’ sales slump due to 'weak market conditions' The low-cost housebuilder issued a trading update revealing that completions fell by 14% over its half year.