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While giving a financial update this month, John Lewis has set out new plans to diversify its business to boost its finances after announcing a £517m pre-tax loss for 2020. Focusing on financial services, housing & outdoor living “With retail margins declining and...

This week, Advantage has been taking a look at the All Party Parliamentary Group for SME House Builders’ calls for the creation of a new SME Homes England which understands the sector and is sympathetic to it. As reported by Housebuilder, this recommendation is one of...

The finding from the Office for National Statistics which has been most widely quoted is that the UK economy shrank by 2.9% in January. However, for those focusing on the construction sector when reviewing the ONS data, the picture was considerably brighter, with...

Here at Advantage, we’re structural warranty specialists with a strong record of working with social housing providers nationwide. In today’s blog, we’re taking a look at Lloyds Banking Group’s investment in the sector. The banking group has unveiled plans to deliver...

As well as providing structural warranties for developers and self-builders throughout the UK, Advantage also works with a number of Housing Associations, providing 10-12 year cover. This week, we took a look at the results of The Regulator of Social Housing’s latest...

Although some key elements of this week’s Budget had been revealed to the press in advance, many were still waiting to see what the detail of Rishi Sunak’s spending and taxation plans would mean for the property sector. Confirmation of an extension of the stamp duty...

The stamp duty holiday (which was due to end in March) could be extended by a further three months. Back in January, Advantage wrote that there had been increasing calls for the stamp duty holiday to be extended – both to allow for delays in the system caused by the...

According to new research by the British Property Federation, the Build-to-Rent sector has proven particularly resilient during the coronavirus pandemic, with the number of completed build-to-rent homes increasing by 23% from 43,598 in Q4 2019 to 53,750 in Q4 2020....

Several months ago, Advantage wrote about the government’s shakeup of housing policy, which is intended to ‘empower’ millions of social housing tenants. And this week it has been announced that, in a further move to protect consumers, the New Homes Quality Board will...