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Deals round-up: February 2026 A round-up of the main development deals involving housing providers, local authorities and the private sector

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Appointments round-up: February 2026 A number of senior housing professionals were appointed to new roles in February 2026

09.03.2026 06:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

RPs’ spending hits record £14.8bn amid ‘challenging times’, finds regulator Large registered providers spent a record £14.8bn in the 2024-25 financial year despite rising costs, the latest data from the regulator has shown

06.03.2026 17:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Pennycook promises delayed housing strategy ‘shortly’ Housing minister Matthew Pennycook has vowed to publish the government’s delayed long-term housing strategy “shortly”, but raised doubts over whether it will be this month

06.03.2026 17:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Temporary accommodation funding gap to rise to nearly £4bn, warns LGA The cost of temporary accommodation to councils could more than double to nearly £4bn over the next four years without intervention, the Local Government Association has warned

05.03.2026 19:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

OBR predicts uptick in housing net additions after ‘strong’ EPC registrations The Office for Budget Responsibility has forecast a slight short-term uptick in housebuilding as new data emerges, but still expects the government to miss its 1.5 million new homes target

05.03.2026 17:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

RPs’ spending hits record £14.8bn amid ‘challenging times’, finds regulator Large registered providers spent a record £14.8bn in the 2024-25 financial year despite rising costs, the latest data from the regulator has shown

05.03.2026 14:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Pennycook promises delayed housing strategy ‘shortly’ Housing minister Matthew Pennycook has vowed to publish the government’s delayed long-term housing strategy “shortly”, but raised doubts over whether it will be this month

05.03.2026 14:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Hyde to take on specialist London neighbour to provide ‘stability’ Hyde has revealed that a specialist London housing association being investigated by the regulator will join the group as a subsidiary next month

05.03.2026 14:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Why placemaking is vital for the social housing sector Sustainability for Housing’s Piers Williamson looks at the importance of placemaking, and explains the data that shows how housing associations are shaping their communities with residents at the centre

05.03.2026 09:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Landlord appoints former board member as new permanent chief executive A 12,700-home landlord has appointed one of its former board members as its new permanent chief executive after having an interim boss since last summer

04.03.2026 17:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Temporary accommodation funding gap to rise to nearly £4bn, warns LGA The cost of temporary accommodation to councils could more than double to nearly £4bn over the next four years without intervention, the Local Government Association has warned

04.03.2026 16:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

For-profit Sage raises nearly £550m in major refinancing deal Sage Homes has completed the largest capital markets deal by an individual registered provider with a £546.5m commercial mortgage-backed securitisation

04.03.2026 14:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

OBR predicts uptick in housing net additions after ‘strong’ EPC registrations The Office for Budget Responsibility has forecast a slight short-term uptick in housebuilding as new data emerges, but still expects the government to miss its 1.5 million new homes target

04.03.2026 14:20 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Finance boss at large London landlord to leave after just over two years in role One of London’s largest housing associations has announced that its chief finance officer is stepping down to explore “new opportunities”

04.03.2026 11:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hyde to take on specialist London neighbour to provide ‘stability’ Hyde has revealed that a specialist London housing association being investigated by the regulator will join the group as a subsidiary next month

04.03.2026 11:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Why placemaking is vital for the social housing sector Sustainability for Housing’s Piers Williamson looks at the importance of placemaking, and explains the data that shows how housing associations are shaping their communities with residents at the centre

04.03.2026 06:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Homes England names Cabinet Office official as new finance boss Homes England has appointed a new permanent chief financial officer as it gears up for what it is calling a “significant year of delivery”

03.03.2026 19:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

L&G secures extra £250m to drive affordable housing push Legal & General has raised around £250m in new funding to help with its bid to deliver affordable housing across England

03.03.2026 16:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Landlord appoints former board member as new permanent chief executive A 12,700-home landlord has appointed one of its former board members as its new permanent chief executive after having an interim boss since last summer

03.03.2026 14:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

For-profit Sage raises nearly £550m in major refinancing deal Sage Homes has completed the largest capital markets deal by an individual registered provider with a £546.5m commercial mortgage-backed securitisation

03.03.2026 11:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Why landlords’ financial resilience is key to protecting residents To deliver long-term stability and trust for residents, landlords need to be equally serious about financial resilience, writes Stonewater’s Anne Costain

03.03.2026 11:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Finance boss at large London landlord to leave after just over two years in role One of London’s largest housing associations has announced that its chief finance officer is stepping down to explore “new opportunities”

03.03.2026 08:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Homes England names Cabinet Office official as new finance boss Homes England has appointed a new permanent chief financial officer as it gears up for what it is calling a “significant year of delivery”

02.03.2026 16:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

L&G secures extra £250m to drive affordable housing push Legal & General has raised around £250m in new funding to help with its bid to deliver affordable housing across England

02.03.2026 13:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Why landlords’ financial resilience is key to protecting residents To deliver long-term stability and trust for residents, landlords need to be equally serious about financial resilience, writes Stonewater’s Anne Costain

02.03.2026 08:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Regulator reveals biggest jump in loan drawdowns by RPs in 14 years The sector has seen the largest net increase in the value of drawn debt in 14 years, the latest quarterly data from the regulator has revealed

27.02.2026 20:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Council’s housing company eyes plan to acquire ‘established’ registered provider An under-the-spotlight council-owned housing firm is exploring the idea of acquiring an “established” registered provider, it has emerged

27.02.2026 16:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

South West landlord becomes first to be upgraded from C3 to C2 A South West landlord has become the first to be upgraded from C3 to C2 under the regulator’s consumer standards

26.02.2026 19:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Three more councils fail regulator’s standards over ‘serious failings’ Three more local authorities have fallen foul of the English regulator’s consumer standards over a series of failings, including problems over rent-setting in one of the cases

26.02.2026 19:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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