Industry capacity key to solving supply crisis
To have any hope of solving our housing supply crisis we need to restore pre-1991 supply conditions so that housebuilders can respond to market demand and indu…
Joy for Osborne as builders start to deliver
Persimmon, Taylor Wimpey and Barratt all issued statements confirming their positive view of the market and their plans to build more
Government delight as builders build
The government has pinned its colours to increasing housebuilding - so it will be delighted, says Ben Roskrow, that the new Housing Market Intelligence Report …
Summertime news
The good news from housebuilders is continuing to impress the City. Steve Menary looks at the summer’s results
Cost increases drive the return of MMC
Richard Jones, group head of regeneration and growth at EC Harris, says that material and labour shortages will increase costs and once again open the door for…
A welcome contribution to planning
HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseley welcomes new planning guidance emanating from the Taylor Review and calls for consistency and certainty in building stan…
No room for local standards
There is no justification for local authorities setting building performance standards. The government’s Housing Standards Review must conclude that stan…
The calm ahead of a key general election
There is a feeling that we are in a period of relative calm and certainty which should continue up until the general election in May 2015
The sun's shining - make hay
Ben Roskrow, risking a role as a forecaster against his better judgment, says that the period up to the next election will be an excellent one for the housing …
Private investigations
Steve Menary checks the temperature of the top privately-owned housebuilders and finds that most are currently in good shape.
