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Housebuilder prides itself on being on top of this fast-moving market through its news, analysis, features and leading columnists – including, John Stewart, the highly regarded HBF Director of Economic Affairs.

Under Editor Allison Heller the magazine has become an invaluable business tool for housebuilders, whether they are small to medium sized operations needing to understand the future implications of changes in the industry or larger firms keeping abreast of the market and its vagaries.

Readers of housebuilder describe the magazine as “a must for anyone in the housebuilding business”. This is the reputation established by the housebuilder editorial team through its focus on the market and special understanding of the information needs of the industry.

At a time when the demands on the industry are constantly increasing from government, from customers and from the media, housebuilder is a vital and reliable source of information on all aspects of the business.

The market

There has never been a greater need for increasing the supply of high quality and sustainable housing – and the government remains committed to ensuring that housing remains high on its agenda and that the industry rises to the challenge of tackling the UK housing crisis.

The industry is being asked to increase housing supply from about 160,000 a year presently to 240,000 a year in 2016 – and these houses must by then be zero carbon homes to minimise the environmental impact of housing growth.

For housebuilders this means 2008 and the years beyond will be challenging and exciting as they look to increase supply while innovating in areas of product development, energy consumption and water and waste management.

In November 2007 the Callcutt review of housebuilding delivery found that the 2016 targets were achievable if industry worked together with local authorities to deliver.

The challenge is there for the industry, and the industry is now set to respond. To do so, housebuilders and suppliers will need to work together. The need for up to date and reliable information will be increasingly important and Housebuilder Media will be at the heart of delivering that information.