{"id":9511,"date":"2025-12-03T12:45:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T12:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/?p=9511"},"modified":"2025-12-04T12:35:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T12:35:17","slug":"wednesday-03-12-2025-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/daily-news\/wednesday-03-12-2025-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday: 03\/12\/2025 \/ News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daily News: 03\/12\/2025<\/h6>\n

Homes England reported 15,581 housing starts and 13,500 completions between 1 April and 30 September 2025, highlighting steady progress in government-backed programmes to increase housing supply in the first half of 2025\/26.\u00a0GOV.UK<\/a><\/p>\n

Orbit has surpassed its \u00a3100m social value target ahead of the 2025\/26 deadline, independently verified by HACT, while Mid and East Antrim councillors were briefed that the Northern Ireland Housing Executive invested \u00a362.65m in local maintenance, improvements, and community programmes in 2024\/25.\u00a0Orbit Group Ltd.<\/a>,\u00a0Northern Ireland Housing Executive<\/a><\/p>\n

Home Group posted a \u00a332.3m pre-tax surplus in H1 2025, with customer satisfaction rising to 72.2%. Meanwhile, Housing 21 saw 82% employee satisfaction. In addition, West Northamptonshire Council plans to manage 11,000 council homes directly, while Enfield Council is converting 219 private homes to social rent, and Lambeth Council is making strong progress on delivering new genuinely affordable homes.\u00a0Investegate<\/a>,\u00a0Housing 21<\/a>,\u00a0West Northamptonshire Council<\/a>,\u00a0North London News<\/a>, and\u00a0Love Lambeth<\/a><\/p>\n

An investigation found that councils lost over \u00a360m repurchasing 445 former Right to Buy homes, highlighting the financial strain caused by \u201cyo-yo homes\u201d. Meanwhile, research emphasises that English devolution and combined authorities are crucial for expanding rural affordable housing and supporting sustainable, inclusive rural communities.\u00a0Big Issue<\/a>,\u00a0National Landlords Association<\/a><\/p>\n

Cross Keys Homes awarded Mears Group a 10-year, \u00a325m\/year repairs contract in Peterborough, with a five-year extension option. Torus appointed Fieldway Group to two fire-safety frameworks, supporting planned and reactive servicing across thousands of homes as landlords focus on safety and compliance.\u00a0Housing Digital<\/a>,\u00a0Housing Executive<\/a><\/p>\n

Vistry has secured South Worcester and Bury St Edmunds sites to deliver 3,500+ mixed-tenure homes, advancing its large-scale development strategy. M&G Investments is investing \u00a31bn via a joint vehicle with an Asian pension fund to deliver 3,000+ multi-family build-to-rent homes in London and regional cities.\u00a0Vistry Group Plc<\/a>,\u00a0Housing Today (register)<\/a><\/p>\n

Willmott Dixon topped November\u2019s contracts league with a \u00a3136m Luton mixed-use development and multiple education projects. Separately, Essex civil contractor E.J. Taylor & Sons filed a Notice of Intention to Appoint Administrators amid restructuring with FRP Advisory, highlighting financial strain.\u00a0Construction Enquirer<\/a>,\u00a0Construction Enquirer<\/a><\/p>\n

The government has launched a multimillion-pound research fund from a \u00a34m pot to support innovations that cut costs and time in housing and infrastructure through industrialisation and digitisation. Northern Ireland\u2019s construction sector is forecast to rebound in 2026 after a sharp 2025 contraction, driven by improving market conditions.\u00a0Housing Today (register)<\/a>,\u00a0Construction News (register)<\/a><\/p>\n

More than 240 homes approved on the Wadebridge outskirts. Nearly 200 homes in Thornbury. Kellen Homes and Great Places Housing Group to redevelop Mirrlees Fields, Stockport, for 200 homes. Plans for 160 homes on a former POW camp in Derbyshire approved. Kier Property and Mole Valley Council propose \u00a3350m Leatherhead regeneration with 480 homes, workspace, leisure, and 10,000sqm of net-zero offices. In Cambridgeshire, a 340-home Sawtry scheme was planned. 316 homes near Gillingham submitted to Dorset Council. The Corringham development of up to 300 homes and a 70-bed care home is recommended. Cornwall Live<\/a>, Bristol Live<\/a>, Place North West<\/a>, BBC<\/a>, Construction Enquirer<\/a>, Property Wire<\/a>, Dorset Echo<\/a>, and Thurrock Gazette<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daily News: 03\/12\/2025 Homes England reported 15,581 housing starts and 13,500 completions between 1 April and 30 September 2025, highlighting steady progress in government-backed programmes to increase housing supply in the first half of 2025\/26.\u00a0GOV.UK Orbit has surpassed its \u00a3100m social value target ahead of the 2025\/26 deadline, independently verified by HACT, while Mid and […]<\/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-9511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9511","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=9511"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9527,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9511\/revisions\/9527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.locarla.com\/insight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}