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Housebuilding Today briefing: Tuesday 3 November 2026
Four stories from the last 24 hours and one event or deadline today.
Stories from the last 24 hours
Taylor Wimpey buys consented 80-home Brook Street site in Soham from Pigeon
Landowner Pigeon has completed the sale of its Brook Street land in Soham to Taylor Wimpey, which is preparing a Reserved Matters application for 80 homes including 16 affordable houses.
Council Housebuilding Support Fund bidding round closes with £21.8m on offer to March 2029
Councils in England outside London bid for grants of up to £300,000 each before the 2 November deadline, with the fund forming part of MHCLG's £46m Capacity to Build programme.
Former Law Commissioner Nick Hopkins named chair of Leasehold Advisory Service
Professor Nick Hopkins, who led the Law Commission's leasehold and commonhold reform work, takes over from Martin Boyd as the government prepares to introduce the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill.
National Housing Bank commits up to £70m to Fiera and Packaged Living rental fund
The Homes England company has made a £51m cornerstone investment in the open-ended FRESH single-family housing fund, with a further £19m to become available as the fund scales.
Today
Building Awards
Takes place today at Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane.
About this briefing
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.