Construction
London new-build sales sink below GFC levels
Just 1,440 new homes sold across the capital's larger resi developments during Q3, with only 829 bought by individual purchasers.
Major developer calls time on London as viability ‘fundamentally broken’
Economic rewards for taking development risk in the capital have 'evaporated,' says housebuilding giant boss.
Ultra-prime branded Miami scheme breaks ground after $1.7bn sales haul
Swire's biggest luxury residential project to date is on track to complete in 2030.
Building Safety Levy goes live, with highest rates in prime London
Developers face new charge from today as Government begins £3.4bn drive to fund building safety works.
New home planning consents slump to lowest level since 2012
Housebuilding permissions are now running 36% below their 2017 peak.
‘Rural landlords are faced with a double whammy’: Research flags huge EPC upgrade premium for country homes
Countryside properties cost substantially more to bring up to EPC C than urban homes, according to an analysis of more than three million certificates.
Kier calls time on new property development investment
Construction giant to stop backing new schemes from FY27 as it works through a portfolio of more than 5,000 homes.
Housebuilder start-ups down by a third as resi construction slump deepens
'The number of housebuilders is likely to continue shrinking,' warns major estate agency group, as economic pressures mount.
Set in Stonework: Behind the scenes at the restoration & extension of Lutyens’ first major house
How specialist teams treated the spectacular Chinthurst Hill to a 21st-century upgrade.
‘Cost pressures are real but so is the opportunity’: The new economics of prime resi construction
Skills shortages, regulatory delays and the net-zero push are piling pressure on projects - but a repriced PCL market could work in developers’ favour, argues Ben Godfrey.
Nine in ten SME developers warn new levy will make projects ‘financially unviable’
Stark new findings suggest more than a third have already delayed, redesigned or cancelled projects, with 87% of smaller operators in London rethinking investment.
Malins Group rolls out private client arm
Property group launches new division for owners restoring, remodelling and creating ‘exceptional’ homes.