James Wilmore

The Week in Housing is our weekly newsletter, rounding up the most important headlines for housing professionals

London landlord Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing has reported a record number of annual completions, but its surplus has slipped by 40%

One of the biggest social landlords in the North East of England has agreed a new £100m loan with Barclays to fund development plans

Home Group has appointed its finance boss to take over as chief executive in the autumn

The government is delaying key reforms to council planning committees by a month and has promised to review the shake-up within two years

Social housing starts in Northern Ireland have risen by 17% annually, but fears remain that a longer-term target will be missed

Homes England has taken on a former prison site in East Sussex, with plans to develop the brownfield land for new homes

A large Midlands landlord is forecasting a 41% fall in annual completions, but is expecting an uptick for the rest of the decade as it eyes a merger with a regional neighbour