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The latest news, features, comment and analysis of the UK housebuilding market covering policy, regulation, planning, technology, new developments and products

Emma Kane

The value of trust

7 Nov 2018 Comment

Emma Kane, chief executive of Newgate Communications, outlines the importance of trust to any organisation

Paul Turton

Local homes by local people

7 Nov 2018 Comment

Paul Turton, head of sales – development finance, at United Trust Bank details the advantages of using local smaller builders on sites

Robert Lee

The residential disrupters

7 Nov 2018 Comment

If Amazon has disrupted retail, and WeWork the office, what is residential’s disrupter? Robert Lee, DAC Beachcroft’s head of residential, takes a look

Assessing land value in uncertain times

7 Nov 2018 Comment

Richard Jones, partner at Arcadis, says that the issue of the relationship between cost and value needs to be monitored

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Keeping housing at the top of the political agenda

7 Nov 2018 Comment

HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseley says that there are a mass of issues related to housing and new homes delivery that need addressing

Ben Roskrow

Rising to the challenge of a critical media

7 Nov 2018 Comment

Ben Roskrow reminds us that there is much to admire in an under fire industry

Kevin Kiernan

The case for fitting flood defence doors

3 Oct 2018 Comment

Kevin Kiernan, national sales manager at Bowater by Birtley, looks at why developers should consider flood defence doors

Anisha Beveridge

Providing the homes for city leavers

3 Oct 2018 Comment

Aneisha Beveridge, analyst at Hamptons International, looks at the number of people leaving expensive cities and buying elsewhere

Alex Reid

What’s in a name?

3 Oct 2018 Comment

Alex Reid, account director at Newgate, says it is time that “affordable” housing options are redefined

Encouraging innovation in resi

3 Oct 2018 Comment

Arcadis partner Richard Jones says that there are good examples of innovation in the delivery of new homes – and these need support