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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

David Scane

The perfect application

5 Dec 2018 Comment

Newgate's David Scane says there is no such thing as a perfect planning application

The four market influencers

5 Dec 2018 Comment

Arcadis partner Richard Jones analyses four big influencers on the housing market

SLATER-Phil

Brexit the crucial factor in 2019

5 Dec 2018 Comment

Phil Slater, channel manager – contracts at Whirlpool, looks back on a largely positive 2018

Ben Roskrow

May needs Major's soapbox to seal her deal

5 Dec 2018 Comment

Ben Roskrow says whatever happens, we need a Brexit deal

Fatally flawed

4 Dec 2018 Comment

Paul Smith of The Strategic Land Group, says the standard method is a case study in how not to change planning policy

Sarah White

Building for multigenerational living

7 Nov 2018 Comment

Sarah White, residential sector manager at British Gypsum, says that today’s modern home involves multigenerational living - a trend that is on the rise across the UK

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