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Orbit Homes to deliver 93 new homes at fully affordable development in Norfolk

Tuesday, 3rd February 2026

Orbit Homes is continuing its commitment to delivering quality, energy efficient affordable homes with plans approved for 93 new homes in Hemsby, Norfolk. Located on Yarmouth Road, the scheme will be a fully affordable development from Orbit Homes where 60%... View Article

NHBC reports 11% year-on-year growth in UK new home registrations

Tuesday, 3rd February 2026

Private and affordable sector registrations up 12% and 10% respectively London only region to see decline in new home registrations amid regulatory challenges and affordability crisis Apartments only house type not to experience growth in 2025 Figures released today by... View Article

Cielo Nagpur, India

Tuesday, 3rd February 2026

Mumbai, India Cielo is a compact residential building in Nagpur city, Maharashtra India. On a relatively small site of 900 sq.m., a total buildable area of 3600 sq.m. is built based upon the prevalent rules and client requirements. The mandatory open spaces... View Article

Getting housing construction back on track at green belt and grey belt sites

Tuesday, 3rd February 2026

Tony Finch, national key account director at Burdens, part of Wolseley Infrastructure, discusses how to keep work on schedule and key stakeholders on-side as green belt and ‘grey belt’ sites are unlocked for development. The Government’s stated ambition of constructing... View Article

Platform and Voicescape win national award for exceptional resident engagement

Tuesday, 3rd February 2026

Platform Housing Group’s innovative partnership with Voicescape has scooped a national award at this year’s National Housing Maintenance Forum (NHMF) Awards. The organisations were recognised in the Best Resident Impact – Exceptional Engagement and Outcomes for Residents’ category for their collaborative... View Article

Vent-Axia’s Lo-Carbon PureAir Cleanse Sets a New Benchmark for Air Quality Monitoring

Tuesday, 3rd February 2026

Vent-Axia has unveiled the industry’s first dedicated continuous-running Decentralised Mechanical Extract Ventilation (dMEV) unit with an integrated indoor air quality sensor (IAQ). The Lo-Carbon PureAir Cleanse combines intelligent humidity control with advanced air quality sensing, which detects, measures, and helps... View Article

Land Studio celebrates a decade of nature led design

Tuesday, 3rd February 2026

Land Studio, the Chester and North Wales based specialist landscape and environmental design studio, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. Over the past decade, Land Studio has grown from a small design practice into a respected multi-disciplinary studio combining landscape architecture,... View Article

Clarendon community in Coventry launches three statement show homes at 182-home collection

Monday, 2nd February 2026

Award-winning homebuilder Spitfire Homes has unveiled three statement show homes at Clarendon, its brand-new collection in Coventry, where 182 design-led homes are being created. Clarendon is located on the western edge of the city near Burton Green, with a mix... View Article

Keepmoat appoints new Land and Partnerships Director

Monday, 2nd February 2026

Top 10 UK homebuilder, Keepmoat, has announced the appointment of Guy Evans as Land and Partnerships Director for the Yorkshire West region. Guy’s appointment will see him work alongside the existing land team and oversee the delivery of a regional... View Article

Housebuilder Honey reveals first full year of trading figures including £71.2m turnover and 23.4% private sales gross margin

Monday, 2nd February 2026

Honey also announces profit of £3.6m for year ended 31 December 2025 As at 1 February 2026, the housebuilder has secured 29 sites that will deliver 4,371 homes with a combined gross development value of £1.3bn Honey plans to open... View Article

NHBC brings sector leaders together for second annual Innovators – Affordable Housing event

Monday, 2nd February 2026

NHBC, the UK’s leading new homes warranty and insurance provider, recently hosted the second annual Innovators – Affordable Housing event in partnership with the British Property Federation (BPF). A continuation of NHBC’s popular Innovators series, this year’s event was called ‘Mind the gap – fund the... View Article

ASWS applies gold standard in addressing bronze shopfronts for Oxford Street retail refurbishment

Sunday, 1st February 2026

Operations Director for Associated Steel Window Services (ASWS), Kris Bennell, reflects on the work to restore three large system glazed bronze shopfronts and the historic doors now opening into the new Ikea store in one of London’s busiest retail locations. Best known... View Article

Government extends New Homes Accelerator to sites under 500 homes

Friday, 30th January 2026

Housing Secretary Steve Reed has confirmed that the second round of the New Homes Accelerator site ‘unblocking’ programme will be expanded to cover “smaller sites under 500 homes,” with a “sharp focus on getting homes built this Parliament and ramping... View Article

Bennetts Associates delivers low-carbon focused retrofit of 5 New Street Square

Friday, 30th January 2026

The retrofit of 5 New Street Square for Landsec, designed by Bennetts Associates, has completed. Transforming the central London office building into a high-performing, contemporary workplace that demonstrates how the retrofit of commercial buildings can deliver low-carbon retrofit and improved... View Article

Mears Group awarded 10 year repairs and maintenance contract with Birmingham City Council

Friday, 30th January 2026

Mears Group has secured a new 10-year contract to deliver repairs and maintenance services as well as planned investment works to 11,500 homes in the central and west of Birmingham, working on behalf of Birmingham City Council. Estimated to be... View Article

WISH welcomes Remington Hall as a new sponsor

Friday, 30th January 2026

WISH (Women in Social Housing) is delighted to welcome Remington Hall as a new sponsor, marking the beginning of a partnership grounded in shared values around equality, integrity and social impact within the housing sector. Established in 1996, Remington Hall is a... View Article

EGGER supports housebuilders with new product-specific EPDs

Friday, 30th January 2026

Underlining its commitment to sustainable construction, EGGER UK has introduced new product-specific Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for its chipboard-based structural flooring products. These EPDs provide clearer and more accurate information about the product’s carbon performance, helping housebuilders access reliable data... View Article

Rinnai expands cost-effective continuous flow hot water heaters

Friday, 30th January 2026

Rinnai’s innovative KCM series of continuous flow hot water heaters is designed to specifically increase customer savings in energy, capital, and carbon footprint with the inclusion of internally refined technological advancements. It operates at 93% efficiency. The KCM unit has... View Article