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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

Suzie Mayes

A true Olympic legacy

Sept. 1, 2012 Comment

Suzie Mayes speculates that with the new homes at the Olympics Athletes' Village set to be private rented with an on-site landlord, the scheme could lead the w…

Steve Menary

Private investigations

July 1, 2012 Comment

Steve Menary rounds up what he can glean of the results of the UK's bigger privately-owned housebuilders

The affordable housing question

July 1, 2012 Comment

Richard Jones, head of regeneration and growth at EC Harris, says that the whole concept of affordable housing is being challenged which could see a more flexi…

Time for government to be bold

July 1, 2012 Comment

HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseleytakes the opportunity of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee to look back at 60 years of housebuilding in the UK, and concludes t…

John Stewart

Solving the housing crisis requires radical solutions

July 1, 2012 Comment

England's rapidly worsening housing supply crisis cannot be solved without restoring market mechanisms, argues John Stewart, and this will require radical poli…

Ben Roskrow

Beware of politicians tweeting statistics

July 1, 2012 Comment

Ben Roskrow looks behind the housing figures which triggered a "spat" between housing minister Grant Shapps and his shadow Jack Dromey

Ben Roskrow

Affordable housing crisis coming

June 15, 2012 Comment

Affordable housing is about to hit a crisis point says Ben Roskrow, whatever the HCA figures may say

Steve Menary

Land strategies

June 1, 2012 Comment

Steve Menary looks at the housebuilders' strategies on land and bringing units through the planning system and reveals a downward trend

Nurturing the feelgood factor

June 1, 2012 Comment

Richard Jones, head of regeneration and growth at EC Harris, senses a feelgood factor in the market and sees the benefits of globalism on the UK

John Stewart

Comfort thinking distracts from solving housing crisis

June 1, 2012 Comment

Having listened to innumerable wel-lintentioned round table discussions about Britain's housing crisis, John Stewart has concluded many housing experts suffer …