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Councils across England have been accused of hoarding hundreds of millions of pounds earmarked for affordable homes, according to research undertaken by HuffPost UK. The news media firm found more than £375m was sitting in councils’ bank accounts instead of... View Article

Several large associations experienced the joy of receiving top grades from the social housing regulator, while several others suffered downgrades as a result of concerns over their current and future financial performance. Clarion, the country’s largest housing association with 123,000... View Article

The Buy to Let property boom over the past decade has seen a flood of new landlords enter the market. But with over 145 individual laws and more than 400 regulations to follow, it is surprisingly easy for even the... View Article

A new concept in design & build, coined ‘CAT A+’, is being pioneered’ by commercial property designers and specialists, The ThirdWay Group. Since its conception, the model has been implemented on a number of projects in London to appeal to... View Article

A specialist asbestos company has been fined after failing to detect asbestos at a housing association owned demolition site, and issuing an incorrect and misleading report. Greater Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard EAS Asbestos Limited were commissioned to conduct refurbishment and... View Article

Plans to reform and regulate the work of letting agents could finally mean they serve their crucial purpose in the sector, according to Chartered Institute of Housing policy and practice officer David Pipe. The letting agency industry is a sector... View Article

The Government has finally launched its long awaited crackdown on rogue landlords, with a national database to monitor offenders going live and tough new banning orders introduced. It is part of a raft of measures designed to drive up standards... View Article

Construction workers operating under the Construction Industry Joint Council (CIJC) agreement are set for a boost in pay and allowances next month after a new two year pay deal worth 6.2 per cent was recently agreed. The CIJC is the... View Article

New research from Be the Business, the new organisation created to improve the productivity of UK firms, finds that the vast majority of construction bosses rate their skills highly relative to their peers. However, they invest little time in making... View Article

The UK’s leading voice for manufacturers and distributors of construction materials has teamed up with RIBA Publishing to produce an up-to-date guidance for loft conversions. The Construction Products Association’s easy-to-use handbook will be valuable to architects, builders and homeowners alike,... View Article

Architects’ workloads recovered lost ground in April 2018, according to the Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) Future Trends Workload Index, which rose to +13, up from +6 in March. While practices in London continue to be the most pessimistic... View Article

Taylor Wimpey has completed the sale of 73 new homes to Annington, one of the largest owners of residential property in the UK, in a deal worth in excess of £23m. The 73 properties are split between five of the... View Article