Construction
Housebuilding starts jump 23% to nearly double 2009’s low-point
The number of starts and completions on new-build homes reached their highest level since 2008 at the end of 2015, rising by 23% in Q4 compared to the same period a year earlier.
Record number of resi units under construction in London as market ‘goes ballistic’
There's been a massive spike in the number of new homes being built in London.
RBKC clamps down on noisy construction works
Kensington & Chelsea is to outlaw noisy construction work at weekends after agreeing a new Code of Construction Practice.
TfL names 13 property partners for its major resi development programme
Transport for London (TfL) has named 13 property development companies and consortiums to a development framework which will see resi and commercial re-inventions of some of the capital's most wanted locations.
New home registrations hit eight-year high but London stumbles
New figures from the National House Building Council show 156,140 new homes were registered to be built in the UK last year
Third London borough to clamp down on mega-basements
Islington is on the verge of following Westminster and RBKC in toughening up its planning rules to deal with a surge in subterranean development.
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Dispute Revolution: Are boundaries there to be pushed?
There is a little-known Bill currently going through the motions in Parliament that could have a big impact on the way high-end resi developers deal with neighbourly issues
Pre-sales off to a flyer at The Madison
It sounds like sales have been going rather well at LBS Properties' ambitious new scheme next to Canary Wharf, as agencies praise "sensible pricing" for the success of a raft of new resi projects in the…
Stuck In The System: Housebuilders hit back at ‘bumper backlog’ claims
A weary Home Builders Federation has hit back at claims that developers in England are sitting on a record 475,647 green-lit, but unbuilt, new homes.
LGA calls for full Council Tax to be charged on unbuilt homes
There are a record 475,647 homes in England which have been given planning permission but have yet to be built, says the Local Government Association as it calls for developers to pay full council tax …
(Empty) Miami Beach plot goes for £25m
One of the last undeveloped plots on Miami Beach has just been sold for an incredible $38.5m (£25.3m).
Global Construction Costs Compared: London prices ‘beginning to threaten the viability’ of projects
New York, London and Hong Kong are the most expensive locations for construction in the world, with cost premiums of between 40% and 60% compared with many European cities, and a "severe construction …