{"id":12232,"date":"2026-07-24T08:32:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T08:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=12232"},"modified":"2026-07-24T08:32:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T08:32:35","slug":"friday-24-07-2026-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/friday-24-07-2026-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday: 24\/07\/2026 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 24\/07\/2026<\/h6>\n
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Your daily round-up of key housing news, funding, partnerships and policy updates across the UK.<\/div>\n <\/div><\/span><\/h6>\n

Prosper has launched procurement for a \u00a3500m, four-year national building safety remediation framework, covering turnkey projects and specialist packages including fire safety consultancy and passive and active fire protection works. <\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Cross Keys Homes has secured a \u00a350m sustainability-linked loan from HSBC UK to accelerate new home development and improve existing properties across Peterborough and Cambridgeshire. The housing provider plans to deliver 1,000 homes over the next three years. <\/span> Cross Keys Homes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Mears Group is delivering a 10-year contract for Rooftop Housing Group, providing responsive repairs, void refurbishment, planned works and compliance services across more than 7,000 homes in South Worcestershire and North Gloucestershire. <\/span> Housing Digital<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Edenstone Homes and Codi Group have started work on Porth yr Awen, a \u00a355m, 184-home development in Cardiff forming part of the wider 7,000-home Plasdwr scheme. Meanwhile, construction is set to begin on a 265-home development in Oxfordshire, while phase two of Hampden View near Norwich has started, delivering 53 homes. Kier has also commenced work on Twickenham Riverside, delivering 45 homes, 50% affordable, alongside new commercial and retail space. <\/span> Business Live<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Oxford Mail<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Norwich Evening News<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Kier Group plc<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Arcadis has rejected a second takeover approach from WSP, stating that the improved 51.5 euros-per-share proposal significantly undervalues the engineering and consultancy group. <\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Arada London has agreed a forward sale of 136 affordable homes in Camden to Clarion Housing Group, supporting the delivery of new affordable housing across London. <\/span> Arada London<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

S&P Global Ratings has affirmed The Guinness Partnership\u2019s A- rating, with the outlook remaining negative, while Gentoo Group\u2019s A- rating was also affirmed with a stable outlook. <\/span> S&P Global<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> S&P Global<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Resolution Foundation\u2019s Q3 2026 Housing Outlook highlights the scale of England\u2019s housing pressures, with 1.3m households on local authority housing waiting lists and near-record numbers of families living in temporary accommodation, reinforcing the case for increased affordable and council housebuilding. <\/span> Resolution Foundation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Crown Estate has submitted plans for a \u00a32bn Cambridge Business Park redevelopment, delivering up to 1.8msqft of science and R&D space alongside 500 homes. Elsewhere, proposals include up to 400 homes on the former 3M factory site in Gorseinon and 340 homes near Bexhill. More than 200 homes have been approved at the former Novartis site in Horsham, while Harborough District Council has approved 130 homes near a new Lidl store. <\/span> Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Swansea Bay News<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> The Argus<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> The Argus<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span> Harborough Mail<\/span><\/a>
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Daily News: 24\/07\/2026 Prosper has launched procurement for a \u00a3500m, four-year national building safety remediation framework, covering turnkey projects and specialist packages including fire safety consultancy and passive and active fire protection works. Construction Enquirer Cross Keys Homes has secured a \u00a350m sustainability-linked loan from HSBC UK to accelerate new home development and improve existing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12233,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12232\/revisions\/12233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}