Persimmon is boosted by continuous high demand. Photo: Owen Humphreys/PA Images via Getty Images Housebuilder Persimmon ( PSN.L ) has hailed another strong performance as the ongoing UK property boom continues. Private average sales were up 2% year-on-year, while trading remained in line with management forecasts, it said. The […]Click here to view original web…

Persimmon, the UK’s second largest housebuilders, is on track to open around 75 new outlets during the first half of 2022, having already opened over half by the end of March 2022. The housebuilder now has around 300 active outlets across the UK, as it looks to snap up […] Click here to view original…

Another Palaszczuk Government bungle has potentially exposed hundreds of Queensland high-rises to a repeat of the UK’s deadly Grenfell towering inferno, which killed 72 people. Four years after laws banning combustible cladding in Queensland were introduced in 2018, the Queensland Government has finally moved to close a loophole preventing […] Click here to view original…

News Galleon House. Photo by Alex Seabrook The Welsh Government has been criticised for failing to put pressure on property developers to contribute to fire safety remediation costs in Wales, and a lack of urgency in resolving the cladding scandal. Earlier this month, thirty-five of the biggest property developers […] Click here to view original…

Taylor Wimpey has continued to bat off concerns surrounding inflationary headwinds, as the housebuilder agrees to spend another £80m on fixing its fire-risk cladding. The FTSE 100 firm signed the government’s fire safety pledge earlier this month, which means it must fix all cladding issues on buildings over 11 […] Click here to view original…

The Scottish Government is to ban builders from using combustible cladding on high-rise buildings in the wake of the Grenfell Tower blaze. Ministers have laid legislation in Holyrood which will ban the use of combustable materials on buildings with a floor that is 11 metres (36ft) or more above […] Click here to view original…

Ritu Saha lives in the Northpoint building in Bromley (photo: Kiro Evans) A woman whose building has been beset by cladding issues has spoken out over the “freezing” conditions and “financially devastating” situation. Ritu Saha, who lives in the Northpoint building in Bromley , is among residents left frustrated […] Click here to view original…

Many have been stuck with unsafe cladding on their buildings that was highlighted by the Grenfell disaster. (Aaron Chown/PA) It was a flurry of trading in the UK’s housebuilders that helped London’s top index keep its head above water on Monday as trading started for the week. Reports have […] Click here to view original…

It’s time for some gentle coercion of property developers A Scottish government plan to prevent builders from using combustible cladding on new high-rise buildings is welcome, if overdue. The Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, in which more than 70 people lost their lives, should have hastened action, but legislation […] Click here to view original…

Legislation is set to tighten the rules on the use of combustible cladding on new high-rise buildings in Scotland. Certain materials will be banned on any new buildings where the floors are more than 11m above the ground. The Scottish government says they are the third set of changes […] Click here to view original…

Legislation is set to tighten the rules on the use of combustible cladding on new high-rise buildings in Scotland. Certain materials will be banned on any new buildings where the floors are more than 11m above the ground. The Scottish government says they are the third set of changes […] Click here to view original…

The action is being taken in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy in London in 2017. Building developers are to be banned from using combustible cladding on high-risk buildings over 11 metres in Scotland. Legislation has been brought forward at the Scottish Parliament to introduce the ban. The […] Click here to view original…