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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

John Stewart

John Stewart’s viewpoint

1 Apr 2008 Comment

The Treasury has predicted an easing of the credit crisis in the second half of the year but this may prove overly optimistic; a housing market recovery could be some way off

Honest agents

1 Apr 2008 Comment

“Nobody is buying anything at all and the vendor is desperate to sell”

Conference captures industry mood

14 Mar 2008 Comment

The industry's inaugural Housing Futures conference, held in Nottingham yesterday, certainly captured the industry's mood in the face of the market slowdown and increasing regulatory burden.

Budget day looms

11 Mar 2008 Comment

The impact of last autumn's credit crunch shows no sign of diminishing, as lending conditions continue to tighten, with first time buyers hardest hit.

Walrus

1 Mar 2008 Comment

Take a step into the future of yesterteryear, where humans are blowdried and dinners are gamma-rayed. What will they think of next?

John Stewart

John Stewart’s viewpoint

1 Mar 2008 Comment

If the government’s wishes industry to meet it housing numbers target, it must ease the taxation burden on developers

Tuesday blog

9 Feb 2008 Comment

Originally from Madrid Carlos Pomeda received traditional training in all aspects of yoga during 18 years as a monk (swami) of the Saraswati order, 9 of which he spent in India, at the Siddha Yoga ashram, studying.

The Walrus

1 Feb 2008 Comment

The festive season seems a distant memory, just like greeting cards and proper pressies… where will it all lead?

John Stewart

John Stewart’s Viewpoint - New landscape will emerge

1 Feb 2008 Comment

Housebuilders went into 2008 battening down the hatches to weather what they hoped would be a brief squall. But the squall looks set to change the landscape of the industry

Flats go flat

1 Feb 2008 Comment

It was heart-warming to see the Centre for Policy Studies’ Ruth Lea, insist on Question Time that our housing market is quite different to America’s