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Shortage of homes to let means rents reach record highs across much of Britain Last October, Sales Manager at Advantage Home Construction Insurance, James Topping, wrote a feature for our friends at PBC Today, explaining that we’re starting to feel the tangible...

New rules bring full-fibre to apartment blocks Although the Advantage team works with many developers who have been future-proofing their properties by offering fibre broadband for years, some modern apartment blocks are still lagging behind in terms of connectivity....

Nearby green space can add £2,500 to property price Here at Advantage Home Construction Insurance, we appreciate that most people like a good view from their home or office window. However, new data from the Office for National Statistics indicates that as well as...

Nature reserve on Penyffordd housing development's site wins biodiversity award We’ve shared several recent Advantage Home Construction Insurance blogs about how eco-friendly plans are being embraced by planners and developers alike this year, most recently writing...

New figures show an increase in social housing stock This week, the Advantage team spotted some encouraging news regarding social housing, with the first release of the Statistical Data Return 2019 reporting an increase in social housing stock.The first release of the...

Corbyn promises ‘largest council housebuilding programme for a generation’ At the Labour Party conference, Jeremy Corbyn promised “the largest council housebuilding programme in a generation” As reported by Inside Housing, during his 45-minute speech, Corbyn said:...

Green developments 'could avoid planning red tape' In recent months, we’ve written several Advantage blogs about the role that innovative new planning processes could potentially play in driving house building in the UK. So this week, we were intrigued to read that...

The National Housing Federation calls for more social housing This week, Advantage Home Construction Insurance read that The National Housing Federation (NHF), along with Shelter, Crisis, the Campaign to Protect Rural England and the Chartered Institute of Housing,...

Scotland’s commercial property sector is on track for a record breaking year This week, Advantage, experts in Structural Defects Insurance, is once again focusing on how the property market in Scotland is faring in 2019. As reported by the Scotsman: “Scotland’s...