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The government’s proposed legislative programme unveiled in the Queen’s Speech has received a cautious reaction across the built environment community.

Confidence in the performance of the UK’s real estate sector over the next 12 months has fallen.

The number of build-to-rent homes that are either complete, under construction or in planning in the UK has increased by 30 per cent over the past year, according to the British Property Federation (BPF).

Communities secretary Sajid Javid has launched a consultation on the government’s proposals for calculating local housing need as the government looks to deliver measures set out earlier this year in the...