Features

The latest news, features, comment and analysis of the UK housebuilding market covering policy, regulation, planning, technology, new developments and products

BfT Leeds

Building for Tomorrow returns live

4 May 2022 Feature

NHBC’s Building for Tomorrow technical conferences returned to six live venues in March and April. Housebuilder was at the Leeds event

Nutrients and water

New home plans go into neutral

4 May 2022 Feature

The requirements for water neutrality and nutrient neutrality are holding up planning permissions. Mark Smulian reports

NHBC recruitment

NHBC widens the talent pool

10 Apr 2022 Feature

With new homes registrations increasing in response to a strong market, NHBC is on a recruitment drive across all its disciplines

Tom Nicholson

The Interview - Tom Nicholson, Crest Nicholson

8 Apr 2022 Feature

Tom Nicholson joined Crest Nicholson as its chief operating officer to help execute its turnaround strategy. He talks to Suzie Mayes

WD apprentices

Women at work

8 Mar 2022 Feature

To mark International Women’s Day and Women in Construction Week, Suzie Mayes reports on the females of the housebuilding and real estate sectors

NAW

Charting NHBC's apprenticeship progress

4 Mar 2022 Feature

Housebuilder reports on the progress of NHBC’s bricklaying apprenticeship course at its first Training Hub

Healthy schemes

Building in health and wellbeing

4 Mar 2022 Feature

Suzie Mayes looks at how homes and the spaces around them can be built to the benefit of people’s health and wellbeing

Andrew Cornelius profile

The Interview - Andrew Cornelius, Stonebond

3 Mar 2022 Feature

Andrew Cornelius is the chief executive of Stonebond, the former traditional housebuilding SME which is now forming a new identity for itself.

Building for tomorrow

Building for tomorrow 2021

4 Feb 2022 Feature

NHBC’s Building for tomorrow conference series returns live this year. Housebuilder gets the detail

Big Issues

Industry faces the challenges of 2022

2 Feb 2022 Feature

As we begin 2022, Suzie Mayes looks at the key issues for the industry, asking the sector about the challenges