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Need to know: NatWest targets affordable housing
Banking giant issues billion Euro bond to back development of affordable homes by housing associations.
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Case study: Leveraging data for faster site appraisal
Transport for London turned to technology to help it assess the housing potential of more than 2,000 sites.

Case study: Adding homes to the fringe of a London estate
The 1950s-built Frampton Park estate in Hackney is being brought up to date with injections of contemporary urbanism, Josephine Smit finds.

Case study: Regenerating a historic city quarter
Manchester's NOMA is regenerating character and community as part of its redevelopment of an 8 hectare city site, Josephine Smit writes.

Case study: Developing homes in a conservation area
Storey Homes' De Montfort Place provides new homes that are sympathetic to their Bedford setting and reinstate the streetscape, Josephine Smit finds.
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Opinion: The commercial properties first in line for residential conversion under the government's proposed permitted development boom
Don't expect department stores to be turned into flats overnight if government sticks to its plans to further deregulate commercial-to-residential conversion. But there will be a flood of prior approval applications to convert some other commercial uses, writes Joey Gardiner.

Opinion: Build to rent has a net zero opportunity
Reaching net zero in the residential sector requires significant change in approach, but the build to rent sector is well placed to benefit, writes Will Waller.

Opinion: Can developers build quality of life?
New guidance is exploring the connections between quality of life and the built environment, and its timing could be auspicious, writes Chris Brown.

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