Measuring the effect of the Coalition's housing policies
The industry expressed concern that without targets there would be no way of measuring whether enough new homes were being built. Ben Roskrow looks at a new initiative that might just help
Marginal insight
As the industry embraces the unknown world of 2011, Steve Menary looks at the housebuilders who have reported to the City since the start of the year
Partnerships paramount in new affordable housing world
Richard Jones, head of regeneration and growth at EC Harris, analyses the new affordable housing regime and the opportunity presented by the Regional Growth Fund
Time to deliver on Stewart Baseley housing supply promises
Home Builders Federation executive chairman Stewart Baseley argues that this coalition government’s promise to increase housing supply is one that the nation can ill afford for it to break
Reducing the regulatory burden
The coalition government is committed to reducing the burden of regulation on home building. Ministers and officials face some formidable challenges, says John Stewart
A much needed method to measure new homes supply
Ben Roskrow discusses the new HBF/Glenigan housing stats which, in the absence of housing targets, offer a way of measuring new homes supply.
Don't be a Leicester City on Localism
Three nil down in a blizzard, Leicester City looked like a team hoping the game would be abandoned rather than seeking an opportunity to score. It didn't work, and there's a lesson in that for the industry in its Localism challenge
Development of the Month
Question marks
With fears of another downturn still in the background, industry watchers are carefully eyeing housebuilders’ movements. Steve Menary reports.
The impact of housing on the future of our cities
Richard Jones, head of regeneration and growth at EC Harris, looks at the changing face of our cities and the impact that housing has on their evolution
