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Housebuilding Today briefing: Tuesday 27 October 2026
Six stories from the last 24 hours and one date for the week ahead.
Stories from the last 24 hours
HM Land Registry publishes guide on option agreement reporting rules starting April 2027
Practice guide 84 sets out how developers, promoters and others holding options, conditional contracts and pre-emption rights over registered land in England and Wales must report them from 6 April 2027.
Related Argent-led group urges five reforms to unlock stalled housing schemes
A paper convened by Related Argent, with investors, councils and housing providers represented at its roundtable, asks the Government to consider stamp duty relief, a rent control exemption, VAT relief and regulatory certainty.
G15 backs Green Book reform, rough sleeping funding and higher London shared ownership cap
The group of London's largest housing associations has welcomed three government announcements made in the run-up to the Autumn Budget, including a rise in the London shared ownership income cap to £110,000.
Awen shows Newport councillors round 42-home Mon Bank site ahead of 2027 start
The rebranded Monmouthshire housing association took Newport City Council's housing cabinet member round its first scheme outside its home county, a 42-home social rent development off Cardiff Road.
Pennycook writes to Basildon councillor as council considers withdrawing 29,000-home Local Plan
The housing minister's response to Cllr Andy Barnes was published on the day of an extraordinary Council meeting called to consider a motion to withdraw the borough's Regulation 19 plan and ask ministers to review its housing requirements.
Scottish housing bodies warn Passivhaus-equivalent standard will deepen housing emergency
SFHA, Homes for Scotland and GWSF say the Scottish Government's proposed energy standard would add cost to new homes for a negligible carbon saving, as official figures show completions falling.
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Published on weekday mornings. Every item comes from a story Housebuilding Today has already published and checked against its sources, from dates organisers have published, or from our data trackers. See the events and awards calendar, or get the week's stories by email with the weekly newsletter.