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Nationwide building society branches into house-building Regular visitors to Advantage’s news page will have spotted that we’ve been taking a keen interest in how Brexit-related uncertainty has affected construction salaries, output and house prices (and not always in...

Surveyors report that construction output is growing as “Brexit fatigue” sets in Regular visitors to Advantage’s news page will have spotted that we’ve been taking a keen interest in how Brexit-related uncertainty has affected construction salaries, output and house...

Government accused of prolonging UK housing crisis Following on from our recent blog about how council house building is at its highest level since 1990, this week Advantage, experts in structural defects warranty, has been looking at the newly reported claims that...

Advantage’s key take-aways from the Land Registry’s Annual Report If you’ve been keeping an eye on HM Land Registry this summer, you may already have spotted ‘10 things to love about us’ featuring the highlights from their Annual Report and Accounts for 2018/19. In...

Wales lays out plans for thousands of new council homes by 2040 Over the past few months, we’ve been looking at how the UK will tackle the under-supply of affordable housing in a series of posts on the Advantage structural defects insurance blog. So we were interested...

House building in Ireland has increased by 50% in the past 12 months Throughout the year, we’ve been keeping our eye on house building activity, and have seen some sharper than expected increases. Back in May, we wrote a blog about the Edinburgh property market being...

Government launches new measures to tackle social housing stigma We’ve been looking closely at the key role social housing will play in creating the affordable developments we need for the future in several of our recent Advantage Home Construction Insurance blogs....

New funding for using new technology to monitor house building in East London Regular readers of the Advantage home construction insurance blog will have noticed that we take a keen interest in innovation in the construction sector and related industries. So we were...

Labour plans to ban leaseholds on new-build homes Although Brexit may still be dominating the headlines this summer, the Advantage team, who are experts in structural defects warranty, has noticed that both of the major parties have still been finding the time to tell...