A report too good to be lost in the election hiatus
Professor Ball argues that this is a time of opportunity and that the situation can be improved by “a variety of relatively small changes”
Executive memo
The wrecking ball that ploughed so violently through the housebuilding industry certainly appears to have stopped swinging but its gruesome spectre still lingers in the scarred memories of executives. Steve Menary looks at the latest batch of City results
An industry at the crossroads
Richard Jones of EC Harris says that the influence of the public sector on new housing will soon wane and once again attention will turn to the private sector to build the homes we need. But how that will be done is still to be determined
Post-election housing delivery
With the election only weeks away, John Stewart considers what home builders should ask, and expect, from the new government
A Budget to help on the path to recovery
The bottom line is housebuilders only want to be given a fair crack at doing their job
A victory for gentle persuasion
Ben Roskrow argues that those who dismissed the chancellor's Budget measures for the housebuilding industry as inadequate are wrong, unrealistic and missing the point
A victory for gentle persuasion
Ben Roskrow argues that those who dismissed the chancellor's Budget measures for the housebuilding industry as inadequate, are wrong, unrealistic and missing the point
Private pain
Publicly listed housebuilders have been required to keep us constantly informed of their troubles during the past two years. But what of the private firms? It has taken a while for details of their dealings to emerge, but now they have and, as Steve Menary reports, they do not make happy reading
Time for a proper debate on design
HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseley argues that the recent intense criticism of housing design is not justified. If there is to be a debate on this key issue, he says, it should be done properly and avoid populist knee jerk reactions
Home builders in viability trap
The state has backed the home building industry into a viability trap which is incompatible with the government’s desire to see a large increase in housing completions
