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    Moda finalises plans for 720-home Birmingham scheme

    The consultation on the plans for the 2.6 acre Great Charles Street site will be launched at the end of the month.  Subject to planning, it will be Moda’s second site under development in the city after the 42-storey ‘The Mercian’ BTR tower. Moda managing director Tony Brooks said: “The consultation we are running will […] More

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    House by Urban Splash wins planning permission for Cambridgeshire scheme

    Yesterday, South Cambridgeshire District Council’s planning committee approved plans for the Inholm scheme, which is described as a “contemporary Fenland village”. It forms part of the wider 10,000-home Northstowe development.  Inholm will be brought forward by House by Urban Splash, the new modular housing joint venture between Urban Splash and Japan’s Sekisui House. Mark Latham, […] More

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    ​McVey loses job as housing minister

    McVey confirmed in a Tweet that she would no longer be serving as housing minister. She said: “I’m very sorry to be relieved of my duties as housing minister. I wish my successor the very best and every success [and] I’m very grateful to the Prime Minister for having given me the opportunity to serve […] More

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    Property prices up 0.9% nationally in year to December but down by the same amount in Dublin

    Residential property prices increased by 0.9% nationally in the year to December, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). This compares with an increase of 1.1% in the year to November and an increase of 6.3% in the twelve months to December 2018. In Dublin, residential property prices decreased by 0.9% […] More

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    Grainger seeks £185m from placing

    Grainger, the UK’s largest listed provider of private rental housing, is seeking to raise around £185m from a placing of almost 10 per cent of the company’s shares. The group is placing up to 61.2m shares, which represents 9.99%, and including additional debt of around £120m based on company’s LTV target range, it will generate […] More

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    FEC reveals plans for £250m resi scheme in Canary Wharf

    The Hong Kong-based developer bought Ensign House and an adjoining surface car park this week for £28.25m, and will demolish both to make way for the mixed-use development, it said. The new scheme will sit directly opposite FEC’s planned Consort Place, due for completion in 2023, which comprises 634 residential units and a 231-room hotel. […] More