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Four to corner future housing

In ten years time the housebuilding industry will be like those sectors serving retail customers such as supermarkets, banks, brewers and electricity suppliers…

Approvals slow by seven weeks in 2001-02

Planning approvals for new homes took on average seven weeks longer in 2002 than they did in 2001 - a startling 30% increase in waiting time for housebuilders.

Construction deaths continue to fall

Seventy-one workers were killed in the construction industry last year, the second lowest figure recorded, dropping from 80 the year before and 105 in 2000-200…

Changing attitudes

HBF, in its submission to the Barker Review, has called for a change in the negative attitudes towards housebuilding. “Ultimately, the key to solving housing u…

Land banks are a necessity - Barker

Kate Barker, the Bank of England economist charged with investigating housing undersupply, has accepted the need for housebuilders to hold realistic land banks…

Taylor Woodrow snaps up Wilcon

Industry consolidation is continuing apace with Taylor Woodrow swooping to buy Wilson Connolly, completing the purchaser’s shift into housebuilding.

First reservations rise since October

The latest HBF survey for August shows that net reservations were above a year ago (balance +9%), the first year-on-year increase since October last year, with…

Moratorium on N.West housing

Housebuilders fear that a moratorium on building new houses in the north west of England is spreading as campaigners opposed to development increase pressure o…

Housebuilders slam CPRE claims

Housebuilders have poured scorn on the claims of the Campaign to Protect Rural England that they are sitting on enough land to alleviate the housing crisis.

New “Excellent Building Guide” from CABE