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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

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Survey suggests patience required on housing challenges

7 Mar 2018 Comment

HBF policy director David O’Leary looks at the issues raised by the publication of the latest English Housing Survey

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Key year for first Help to Buyers

7 Mar 2018 Comment

Johnny Morris, research director at Countrywide, discusses the outlook for the first wave of Help to Buyers

Brownfield registers are a toothless strategy

2 Mar 2018 Comment

Paul Smith, managing director of Strategic Land Group, says the government needs to incentivise the industry to build on brownfield sites

Ben Roskrow

Newly-named housing secretary sets 2018 agenda

7 Feb 2018 Comment

Ben Roskrow looks at early manoeuvres by the government in 2018 and discusses the implications for the industry

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Aiming to be the solution, not the problem

7 Feb 2018 Comment

HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseley says the industry needs to redouble its efforts to retain the industry's trust

Another rollercoaster year ahead

7 Feb 2018 Comment

Arcadis partner Richard Jones predicts what 2018 may have in store for housing

Chris Dore

Time to focus on our customers’ customer

7 Feb 2018 Comment

Chris Doré, business development director at TriConnex, looks at how firms in the broadband sector can help housebuilders meet and exceed customer expectations

Dan Soulsby

Playing our part to boost supply

7 Feb 2018 Comment

Dan Soulsby, national construction account manager at Egger UK, sees suppliers and housebuilders pulling out all the stops to increase supply in 2018

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Presenting the industry's case in a watershed year

7 Feb 2018 Comment

HBF policy director David O’Leary focuses on a series of important issues which are set to impact housebuilders in 2018

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Certainty is the key to increasing supply

20 Dec 2017 Comment

Richard Werth, chief executive of Troy Homes, looks ahead to 2018 and beyond and argues that the one thing that will kick-start housebuilding is certainty