Construction

Number of new homes built across England rose to 238,000 in the year to Q4 2018, up 12% on Q4 2017, notes Savills; even so, London only delivered 56% of homes needed at an aggregate level

Nervy banks, rising costs and a weak housing market have conspired to hit builders' bottom lines, reports the FMB

Weston Group's new logistics centre in Essex 'represents the future of the volume housebuilding industry', says Chief Exec Bob Weston

Apex Airspace Developments backed by Homes England to build 78 rooftop homes across five sites in the capital

There's currently a four-month wait to get a good builder, says UK trade body, and that's before they even start work...

There are now 139,508 build-to-rent homes completed, under construction or in planning across the UK; 14,615 units were completed in the regions in 2018, compared to 14,801 in the capital

Residential towers accounted for nearly a third of the world's newly-completed skyscrapers in 2018

Peel and Urban Splash team up to deliver 347 modular homes at the major Merseyside waterfront regeneration scheme

Kier and Severfield man Ian Lawson has joined EE Smith as Non Executive Chairman

Housebuilding numbers have fallen in every decade since the Second World War, and the 2010s are set to continue to the downward trend - despite a rising population.

All of Dame Hackitt's post-Grenfell building safety recommendations will be implemented, says James Brokenshire

Sellar and Real Estate Management celebrate as Shard Quarter's residential tower reaches full height