£2.5bn injection to deliver 18,000 homes across Greater Manchester Jan 25, 2022 Greater Manchester Housing Providers (GMHP), a unique partnership of regional housing providers working together to make a positive different to people and communities, have released major plans to develop 18,000 new homes across the region in the next 5 years. It forms part of their vision to deliver 50,000 new and affordable homes by 2037 […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
£3.2bn for Scottish Councils to build affordable homes across the country Jul 22, 2021 The Scottish Government has announced increased funding for local authority areas to deliver more affordable homes. Council areas across Scotland are to share more than £3.2 billion in grant funding over five years to deliver more affordable homes. Local authorities will benefit from an increase of more than £541 million on the previous five year allocation – […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
£300m development portfolio – Aitch Group diversify in challenging market with new land sought Apr 25, 2023 In 2022, property developer Aitch Group spend £70 million on land across four London boroughs including Brent, Waltham Forest, Greenwich and Southwark. This added a further £300 million (GDV) to the Aitch Group development portfolio. With immediate funds available, Aitch Group are now seeking more land for development in 2023 and onwards – specifically sites […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
700-home development first to be procured through Pagabo framework Jan 24, 2022 A SIGNIFICANT housing project has been announced as the first large-scale project procured through national framework provider Pagabo’s Developer Led Framework. Southwark Council has selected Linkcity as developer for its Tustin Estate scheme, which will feature nearly 700 new homes. This includes 200 replacement council homes, around 50 shared equity properties, around 220 additional council homes including […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Aberdeen Council launches plans to build council homes across two sites Jun 16, 2022 Aberdeen City Council has launched a consultation on plans for the build of council houses at two proposed sites in the city. The Greenferns and Greenferns Landward developments are both on land already owned by the local authority, with it saying that council homes would be built as phase one of the development of the […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
AHTO (Affordable Homes to Own) to invest £1bn in housing across the UK Oct 5, 2021 AHTO Group Ltd (AHTO) ‘Affordable Homes to Own’ has announced plans to help those finding it difficult to buy their own home, by investing £1 billion over the next five years in Intermediate Rent-to-Buy homes. These will be acquired from shared ownership or private sale housebuilders in cities and towns across the UK; AHTO will […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
AHTO appoints new Managing Director to lead £1bn expansion drive Oct 12, 2021 AHTO Group (Affordable Homes to Own) has appointed Linda Robinson, previously Development Director at The Guinness Partnership (TGP), as the new Managing Director of AHTO to help lead their £1 billion investment drive in the Intermediate Rent-to-Buy housing sector and build partnerships with Housing Associations (HAs), local authorities and UK housebuilders. Linda has over 25 […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Avant Homes begins work on £60m, 247-home Earl’s Park development in Holmewood, Derbyshire Mar 22, 2023 Avant Homes has started construction on a 28-acre site in Holmewood, Derbyshire to deliver 247 new-build homes with a gross development value (GDV) of around £60m. Located just a 10-minute drive from Chesterfield town centre on Tibshelf Road, the development will comprise a mix of two, three, four and five-bedroom homes and feature 13 of […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
Board of Home REIT splash £166m on acquiring 23 portfolios Oct 19, 2021 Home REIT plc, which funds the acquisition and creation of high quality properties across the UK that are dedicated to providing accommodation to homeless people, has deployed £166.4 million of the proceeds raised in the Company’s significantly oversubscribed £350 million equity issue in September 2021. In less than one month following the Initial Issue, the […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
British Business Investments commits £15m to CrowdProperty Apr 18, 2023 British Business Investments today announces it has committed £15m to CrowdProperty, the Midlands-based specialist property development lender. This investment will help increase access to finance for small and medium sized housing developers and will support more housebuilding. British Business Investments, a wholly-owned commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, aims to increase the supply and […] Posted by: Mya Driver Read more
CBRE IM forward funds Godwin residential scheme Jul 22, 2022 UK property developer Godwin Developments has agreed a forward funding deal with CBRE UK Affordable Housing Fund (AHF) – a fund managed by CBRE Investment Management (CBRE IM) to deliver 184 affordable homes in central Bletchley, Milton Keynes. The four-acre scheme, named Bletchley View, will provide a mix of affordable and shared ownership properties, a […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
Church of England to set up housing association Jun 1, 2022 The Church of England is set to create a national housing association that will look to tackle the housing crisis and become a major provider of social housing.Today’s announcement comes more than a year after a commission set up by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby published a report titles Coming Home: Tackling the Housing Crisis […] Posted by: Nathan Spencer Read more
