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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

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Collaboration key to building safety solution

March 3, 2021 Comment

HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseley says collaboration on the quality agenda is the blueprint to tackling the issue of building safety

Ben Roskrow

Covid and green agenda bring change

March 3, 2021 Comment

Ben Roskrow sees some radical changes for new homes ahead due to the pandemic and the road to net zero

Louise Houston

How to engage young people in planning

Feb. 26, 2021 Comment

Engaging with young people will shape better places, and better outcomes for housebuilders, argues Louise Houston, Grosvenor Britain & Ireland's development ma…

Kenton Hackney

Bridging finance and the property market in 2021

Feb. 4, 2021 Comment

Kenton Hackney, managing director of Kenton Finance, is confident that the third quarter of 2021 will see a good property recovery – and supporting SMEs will b…

Ben Roskrow

Bringing customers along the net zero path

Feb. 4, 2021 Comment

Housebuilder editor Ben Roskrow says the road to net zero is the industry's biggest challenge - and bringing customers on board will be key

Richard Jones

2021 to bring taxes, change and efficiency

Feb. 3, 2021 Comment

Arcadis partner Richard Jones reviews his predictions for 2020 – which were as wrong as everyone else’s – and bravely looks ahead to 2021

Stewart Baseley

Another challenging year ahead

Feb. 3, 2021 Comment

Stewart Baseley, executive chairman of the HBF, highlights some of the many challenges facing the new homes sector as we move ahead into 2021

Ben Burns

Tech and automation – a smarter delivery

Feb. 3, 2021 Comment

Ben Burns, head of delivery at Aylesworth Fleming, argues that the use of tech and automation can make marketing for housebuilders more effective and more suc…

Crispin Tomlinson

Hybrid retirement

Feb. 3, 2021 Comment

Crispin Tomlinson, head of residential at international law firm DAC Beachcroft, considers the changes driving the later life living market

David Topping

Housebuilders’ role in the journey to net zero

Feb. 3, 2021 Comment

David Topping, managing director of TriConnex, considers the role housebuilders and their partners will play in the net zero journey