Tag Archives: construction

Official house building figures for England and Wales are widely inaccurate, it is claimed

The UK Government’s most publicised measure of house building excludes around a fifth of all new build completions every year, according to a new report. Flawed methodology and poor returns from Local Authorities in England and Wales mean around 30,000 new builds are not counted in the official numbers, the Ghost Towns report from the […] The post Official house building figures for England and Wales are widely inaccurate, it is claimed appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →

Posted on September 20, 2016 by tsiadmin | Posted in affordable, Asia, Asking Prices, Australasia, Brexit, Builders, building, buy, Buy to Let, completion, construction, data, Deposit, Developers, Development, Dubai, England, Europe, government, growth, home, home owners, homes, house building, Housing, Index, Investment, investments, land, Landlords, Legal, letting, Letting Agents, London, market, Middle East, mortgage, moving, new, New Homes, New Zealand, News, official figures, ONS, Outlook, owners, ownership, Planning, policy, prices, prime, Prime Property, Property, property market, rent, renters, rents, research, Scotland, Shows, Supply, survey, tax, Taylor Scott International, Tenants, Towns, Transactions, TSI, Uk, US, USE, Wales, young people | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Official house building figures for England and Wales are widely inaccurate, it is claimed

Planning application decisions too sluggish to meet UK’s 2020 new home target

Planning application approvals are rising in the UK but are still at a level that will not meet the Government’s target of a million new homes by 2020, the latest data shows. In the second quarter of 2016 district level planning authorities in England received 132,000 applications for planning permission, up 7% quarter on quarter […] The post Planning application decisions too sluggish to meet UK’s 2020 new home target appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →

Posted on September 16, 2016 by tsiadmin | Posted in affordable, applications, Brexit, buiding, building, buy, Buy to Let, Cities, construction, councils, Developers, Development, England, Europe, expensive, global, Global News, government, growth, home owners, homes, Housing, Index, Investment, investments, land, Landlords, listings, London, market, mortgage, new, New Homes, News, North America, obstacles, ONS, permission, Planning, policy, prices, Property, rent, research, Residential, sales, Shows, Supply, survey, Surveyors, targets, Taylor Scott International, Tenants, Towns, TSI, Uk, US, USE, Wales | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Planning application decisions too sluggish to meet UK’s 2020 new home target

Call for UK Government to alleviate obstacles facing smaller home builders

One of the UK’s online mortgage lenders has called on the Government to do more alleviate the challenges and obstacles facing smaller property developers at a time when more new homes are needed. The call comes at a time when the number of smaller and medium sized house builders has fallen. Defined as those who […] The post Call for UK Government to alleviate obstacles facing smaller home builders appeared first on PropertyWire . Continue reading →

Posted on September 16, 2016 by tsiadmin | Posted in affordable, Brexit, building, buildrs, buy, Buy to Let, Cities, construction, Developers, Development, England, Europe, expensive, global, Global News, government, home owners, homes, Housing, Index, Investment, investments, land, Landlords, Lending, listings, market, mortgage, new, New Homes, News, North America, obstacles, ONS, policy, prices, Property, property market, recovery, rent, research, Residential, sales, Scotland, Shows, SMEs, Supply, survey, Taylor Scott International, Tenants, Towns, TSI, Uk, US, USE, Wales | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Call for UK Government to alleviate obstacles facing smaller home builders