{"id":8043,"date":"2025-06-12T12:51:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=8043"},"modified":"2025-06-12T12:55:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:55:48","slug":"thursday-12-06-2025-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/thursday-12-06-2025-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday: 12\/06\/2025 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 12\/06\/2025<\/h6>\n

A group of 20 housing associations, PwC, and civil servants are exploring a proposal to sell shared ownership homes to a for-profit registered provider (RP) to unlock capital, with work underway to make the sale price viable. <\/span>Housing Today (register)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Changes to the Treasury\u2019s Green Book rules aim to boost regional housing delivery by ensuring that wider economic benefits-such as those from enabling new homes or investment-are properly considered in project appraisals, even if not easily monetised. Similarly, a new report by the Scottish Government\u2019s Housing Investment Taskforce outlines an ambitious roadmap to boost investor confidence and unlock greater capital flows across Scotland\u2019s housing sector. <\/span>GOV.UK<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>The Scottish Government<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Monthly construction output in Great Britain rose by 0.9% in April 2025, marking the third consecutive month of growth following a 0.5% increase in March. <\/span>Office for National Statistics<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Lloyds Living and Barratt Redrow have signed a second major portfolio deal for 598 homes across 11 UK sites, strengthening their partnership to deliver high-quality private rental and shared-ownership homes. <\/span>Lloyds Living<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Crest Nicholson has reported a tripling of half-year profits as the housing market shows signs of recovery, reaffirming its annual guidance. Civil engineering firm JN Bentley also posted strong results, with pre-tax profits up 39% to \u00a319m and annual revenue surpassing \u00a3500m for the first time, buoyed by the end of the AMP7 regulatory cycle. Meanwhile, construction equipment specialist Vp plc is enjoying robust momentum across infrastructure and specialist construction markets, leading to a strong financial start to the year. <\/span>City A.M.<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Construction Wave<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The government\u2019s competition watchdog has extended its investigation into suspected breaches of competition law by seven major house builders, prolonging the ongoing probe into potential anti-competitive practices in the sector. <\/span>Construction Enquirer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Millions of UK households could benefit from lower energy bills and warmer homes as the government backs ten AI innovations aimed at improving energy efficiency and supporting its Plan for Change. <\/span>GOV.UK<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Flintshire councillors have approved a controversial 300-home scheme on farmland in Hawarden, sparking local fury. In Kent, “sensible” plans to develop 181 homes in a disused quarry have been given the green light. Highland councillors are being urged to approve 380 homes in a densely populated area of Inverness, despite objections. On the Isle of Lewis, Hebridean Housing Partnership plans to build 160 new social homes near Stornoway, while Rosmara has submitted proposals for a 160-home, 10-storey residential scheme in Liverpool\u2019s Pumpfields area. <\/span>The Leader<\/span><\/a>, Kent Live<\/a><\/span>, <\/span>The Inverness Courier<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>BBC<\/span><\/a>, and <\/span>Place North West<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily News: 12\/06\/2025 A group of 20 housing associations, PwC, and civil servants are exploring a proposal to sell shared ownership homes to a for-profit registered provider (RP) to unlock capital, with work underway to make the sale price viable. Housing Today (register) Changes to the Treasury\u2019s Green Book rules aim to boost regional housing […]<\/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-8043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8043","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=8043"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8049,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8043\/revisions\/8049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}