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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

Top 10

Oct. 1, 2006 Comment

There have been several changes at the top of the housebuilding industry during the past 12 months. New faces now head up the three leading companies – Mark C…

The Walrus

Oct. 1, 2006 Comment

Portsmouth may be home to Tony Blair’s proudest legacy…

John Stewart

PGS rethink is needed

Oct. 1, 2006 Comment

The Treasury cannot meet all its core objectives for the planning gain supplement (PGS). With the help of the development industry, it needs to go back to the…

Polski Blighty

Oct. 1, 2006 Comment

EU enlargement is – or at least should be – a two-way street

The Walrus

Sept. 1, 2006 Comment

Fancy living with the likes of Kiera Knightley and Scarlett Johansson? A new “buy-toshare” website is just the ticket

John Stewart

S106 demands are a risk to supply

Sept. 1, 2006 Comment

The government believes there is a large, untapped pool of residential land value waiting to fund increased planning obligations demands or a planning gain sup…

The Walrus

Aug. 1, 2006 Comment

Move over Top of the Pops: let’s get down to a long-lost industry smash hit…

John Stewart

Policy support for housing growth

Aug. 1, 2006 Comment

Housebuilding has picked up by a fifth since its historic trough in 2001, but there is still a long way to go before the government’s target is met. Current p…