Ben Roskrow

A shame of a campaign

Ben Roskrow laments the Telegraph's anti-development campaign, but looks forward to hearing what the CPRE has to say at the Housing Market Intelligence conference.

Be heard on planning reforms

Ben Roskrow looks at the feisty debate over new draft planning rules and calls on housebuilders to get their voices heard in the consultation

Getting better all the time

Ben Roskrow looks at two things that are getting better – the quality of entries for the Housebuilder Awards and the government's attitude towards housebuilding

Lessons from The Apprentice

The economic, housing and mortgage market recoveries remain hesitant, but prospects for 2012 look more positive says John Stewart

No curse in these interesting times

Housebuilding has life in it yet, says Ben Roskrow, and there is plenty to consider in these interesting times

Budget relief for newhomes

The Budget announcements were an unexpected and welcome turn, says Ben Roskrow

It’s time to find solutions rather than crunch numbers

A much needed method to measure new homes supply

Ben Roskrow discusses the new HBF/Glenigan housing stats which, in the absence of housing targets, offer a way of measuring new homes supply.

It’s time to be a realist

Ben Roskrow says that when it comes to 2011, realism is what is needed to steer the industry through

Public sector cuts can mean private sector opportunity