Converting announcements into action
For the second year in a row the government has got off to a rapid start in its plans for the housing market with two initiatives issued ahead of Twelfth Night and before some Hogmanay revellers had even managed to make it home.
A question of interpretation?
<p>Why is the communities secretary convinced the industry is landbanking despite evidence to the contrary? It is a damaging accusation that has consequences, argues Ben Roskrow</p>
An interesting year for all
Phil Slater, channel manager - contracts at Whirlpool, looks back at a year of shocks and surprises but finds an industry still set to deliver the homes the UK needs
Bucking the trend
Steve Menary looks at the performance of the plc contingent of housebuilders and wonders whether the popularity of the sector in the City could ensure that it bucks the trend of a downturn every seven to eight years
Historic shift in new housing's economic role
John Stewart looks back at the shift in attitude towards the economic role of new housing over the past four decades
Javid gets it half right
The speech by the new communities secretary Sajid Javid to NHBC's annual lunch last month was really quite impressive.
Collaboration is more than a buzz word
Ben Lowndes, who heads up the south west office of communications consultancy PPS Group, says that old approaches to partnership are being replaced with proper community-wide collaboration in housing delivery
A more coherent housing strategy
Richard Jones, partner at Arcadis, says that although there is still not a clear strategic housing delivery framework in place he is increasingly confident that the government is taking steps in the right direction
An industry that wants to grow
HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseley reviews another busy period for the industry and government, welcoming new government measures that reflect the needs of the housebuilding sector
Margins squeezed as supply rises
Steve Menary analyses the latest results of the plc housebuilders and notes that the push to increase completions is having an effect on margins and landbanks
