Ciaran Nerval

The government has published a new Remediation Acceleration Plan with the aim of having all dangerous cladding fixed in buildings by 2029.

Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing Association (MTVH) has announced a 60% year-on-year fall in profit in the six months to the end of September, as its number of housing completions also fell.

The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has downgraded Notting Hill Genesis (NHG’s) governance and consumer ratings after discovering serious failings at the not-for-profit housing association.

The National House Building Council (NHBC) has announced a planned £100m investment in new multi-skills training hubs in a bid to supercharge the UK’s housebuilding industry.

Housing association London and Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) is seeking buyers for its private rented sector (PRS) business Metra Living.

Grainger is on track to become the leader of the UK’s build-to-rent (BTR) sector and transition into a REIT by late next year, after a solid set of results driven by the firm's “strong operating model”, according to chief executive Helen Gordon.  

The number of beds across the European purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) market could rise by 70% over the next two to five years, according to research from Savills.

Prime minister Keir Starmer has pledged to cut the UK’s carbon emissions by 81% against 1990 levels by 2035 at COP29.

The UK’s commercial real estate sector generates the highest carbon emissions per square metre in Europe, research from Deepki has revealed.

Homes England has approved a £124m funding package with housing association L&Q to bring forward 20,000 homes at Barking Riverside in east London.

Savills has predicted that average UK  house prices will rise by 23.4% over the next five years.

Savills Investment Management’s (IM’s) Simply Affordable Homes fund has completed its first acquisition, comprising 100 homes from Park Properties Housing Association (PPHA).

Housebuilder Avant Homes is set to develop 118 homes on two Yorkshire sites for social housing provider WDH in a £21m deal.

Housing secretary Angela Rayner is preparing to kickstart a council housing revolution after being handed roughly £1bn to spend at next Wednesday’s Budget, according to reports.

Weston Homes has formed a joint venture with Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) to deliver a £110.1m build-to-rent (BTR) scheme in Bracknell Beeches, Berkshire.

The John Lewis Partnership (JLP) has expanded its property management arm after being appointed by abrdn to manage Landrow Place on the edge of Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter.

Oxford City Council’s local plan has been rejected by the Planning Inspectorate for setting its housing target too high.

Later-living real estate company Aedifica UK has completed the sale of a residential development opportunity with a £30m GDV in north-west London.

Energy secretary Ed Miliband has pledged to help all rental homes in the UK meet new energy efficiency standards by 2030.

Regional developer Wavensmere Homes has secured a £24m loan from Octopus Real Estate to support a £75m redevelopment project in Derby city centre.