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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

Ben Roskrow

2010? We'll win the World Cup and all will be fine

Nov. 26, 2009 Comment

Forecasting the market in 2010 is mighty difficult with various opinions on how housebuilders will fare. But Ben Roskrow is taking a positive view

Housing – a political battleground

Nov. 1, 2009 Comment

Stewart Baseley, executive chairman of the Homes Builders Federation, discusses the performance and policies of the two main political policies – outlined at t…

Steve Menary

Pause for breath

Nov. 1, 2009 Comment

The results season may be over but round two comes at the end of the year. In the meantime, Steve Menary looks at the overall picture

What value the public asset “fire sale”?

Nov. 1, 2009 Comment

Richard Jones of EC Harris questions how much cash will actually be raised by the government’s sale of public assets and welcomes progress on the HCA’s Deliver…

Ben Roskrow

Celebrating a commitment to innovation

Nov. 1, 2009 Comment

Those who continue to innovate will thrive in the longer term – and that is why this year’s Awards are so important and this year’s shortlisted companies and w…

Ben Roskrow

That Bobby Zamora moment

Oct. 28, 2009 Comment

At the recent HMI conference housing minister John Healey was left with a gaping open goal when delegates reacted with dismay to the Tories localism agenda. Bu…

Steve Menary

Bubble vision

Oct. 1, 2009 Comment

Large housebuilders are feeling pressure from the Square Mile to report only good news lest they wish to see their stock drop – the last thing they want when s…

What shape the recession?

Oct. 1, 2009 Comment

Richard Jones of EC Harris ponders whether the recession is coming to an end and what shape this particular downturn will eventually take

John Stewart

An inconvenient truth

Oct. 1, 2009 Comment

The planning system has failed to perform for nearly two decades. Plans have not been produced, and housing supply has been rationed. Why should it be any diff…

Ben Roskrow

A reward for remarkable resilience

Oct. 1, 2009 Comment

News emanating from some of the big housebuilders this month is really quite remarkable – reservations are up, new sites are opening and firms are looking to g…