North-South divide in land for houses
A North-South split has developed in the value of development land as housebuilders focus on acquiring plots in areas where homeownership is in high demand..
Source - telegraph.co.uk , October 2009

Bovis targets land deals after £60m placing
Bovis Homes, the UK housebuilder, on Thursday unveiled a share placing to raise approximately £60m and said it would use the money to acquire land for development.
Source - Financial Times , September 2009

Barratt Developments seeking £500m to rebuild
The housebuilder Barrat Developments will launch a £500m discounted rights issue alongside its full year results at the end of this month.
Source - Sunday Times , September 2009

Council house building in England to get a kickstart after rules change
Council house building is to restart in earnest for the first time in almost 20 years in England with local authorities set to construct 139,000 homes over the next decade.
Source - The Guardian , July 2009

'Mayor's 'Rent to Buy' House Plan'
A plan for subsidised housing to get middle-income Londoners on the housing ladder has been outlined by the city's mayor Boris Johnson.
Source - bbc.co.uk, March 2009

Berkeley launches £50m share issue to buy land
Housebuilder to spend £300m on land purchases partly funded by its recently doubled cash reserves.
Source - building.co.uk, February 2009

Gordon Brown orders thousands of new council houses
The biggest council house building programme for decades was ordered by Gordon Brown yesterday as he urged town halls to rescue the construction industry and help to kick-start the economy..
Source - The Times, January 2009

Housing Crisis Predicted
A massive shortage in house building in the South East of England is causing a massive backlog. A recent BBC News report discusses the problem...
Source - BBC News, November 2008

'Immigration to make Britain Europes most crowded nation'
Britain is set to become Europe's most highly populated nation within two generations, driven by immigration.
Source - timesonline.co.uk, August 2008

'Build New Homes on Green Belt, says Policy Exchange Think Tank'
The green belt is "not sacred" and should be built on to allow more affordable housing, a think tank has said..
Source - telegraph.co.uk, August 2008

'Forget falling house prices - Land is booming just like oil'
Buy land, they're not making it any more - that was advice of Mark Twain more than 100 years ago, and it still looks pretty sound today..
Source - Evening Standard, June 2008

'Commodities boom drives up land values'
With prices of commercial and residential property falling, investors are increasingly turning to a more traditional asset: farmland.
Source - ft.com, April 2008

Hot Property in Cambridgeshire Soaring Housing Market
HERE is the latest hot property in Cambridgeshire's soaring housing market - a garage on sale for £60,000. The detached brick building, in Rampton Road, Longstanton, features a red up-andover door, with peeling paint, and outside security lamp..
Source - www.cambridge-news.co.uk, May 2007

Green Belt Should be Abolished
Green Belt land which for decades has protected fields and open space around towns and cities should be "abolished", a think tank has urged..
Source - www.guardian.co.uk, January 2007

Housing Timebomb in South
Average house prices in the South East will soar to more than £322,000 in five years, according to new research..
Source - www.thesun.co.uk, October 2006

Property: Go Wild in the Country
Smart property investors should look beyond the saturated urban market to the countryside. Farmland is currently undervalued but is unlikely to remain so and forestry is an extremely tax-efficient investment..
Source - citywire.co.uk, July 2006

Two thirds of brown field housing 'built on gardens'
Two thirds of new housing being built on what the Government calls "brown field" land is actually going up on gardens, a survey has found.
Source - Telegraph.co.uk, April 2006

Milton Keynes to double in size
Milton Keynes could nearly double in size under one of the largest urban expansion plans for 50 years.
Source - BBC News, January 2004

The South-East has to find space for 200,000 new homes
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister sets targets for the number of homes it wants to see built in each region of the country by a specific date.
Source - Telegraph.co.uk, February 2003

UK Land Prices
Despite fears that the housing market is overheating, new homes prices are continuing to soar with many developers selling properties up to nine months ahead of their build programme.
Source - RPC Land & New Homes, January 2003

Town planners urge greenbelt review
Town planners are calling for a more flexible approach to development on greenbelt land surrounding urban areas.
Source - BBC.co.uk, May 2002