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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

Ben Roskrow

Growth is good – but it must be controlled growth

Oct. 6, 2017 Comment

The annual Housing Market Intelligence Report was published on October 5, including our comprehensive list of Britain’s Top 75 Housebuilders.

The economic benefit of housebuilding

Oct. 6, 2017 Comment

Richard Jones, partner at Arcadis, looks at how housing investment can boost the economy – but only if we have the resources to deliver the numbers needed

Ben Roskrow

Caution the watchword as cycle turns

Sept. 6, 2017 Comment

It has been a strange summer. There has almost been too much happening, too many outstanding issues bubbling under the surface, leaving a constant sense of une…

HA mergers signal changing industry dynamics

Sept. 6, 2017 Comment

Richard Jones, partner at Arcadis, looks at the intense activity in the housing association world and argues that the mergers and acquisitions mean new organis…

Stewart Baseley new

Best foot forward into the autumn

Sept. 6, 2017 Comment

HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseley looks ahead to another crucial period for home builders including challenges on leasehold, Help to Buy, skills and more

Craig Harrow

Assessing Edinburgh’s City Deal

Sept. 6, 2017 Comment

Craig Harrow, head of Newgate Communications’ Scotland office, looks at Edinburgh’s long awaited City Deal. Is it ambitious enough to tackle the “crisis” in ho…

Calum Forsyth

Radical change to be found in collaborative solutions

Sept. 6, 2017 Comment

H+H managing director Calum Forsyth considers the future for innovation in housebuilding, arguing that it is up to the industry to find solutions to the skills…

Slaughter-John

New workers research confirms need for industry to step up on skills

July 5, 2017 Comment

HBF director of external affairs John Slaughter looks 
at new research on migrant workers in the UK construction industry which confirms that the work of the H…

Trudi Stewart, Cullen product manager at ITW Construction Products

Revolutionising attitudes to housebuilding

July 5, 2017 Comment

Trudi Stewart, Cullen product manager at ITW Construction Products, argues that the time to act on modern methods of construction is now – the stars are aligni…

A paradigm shift in housing delivery

July 5, 2017 Comment

Richard Jones, partner at Arcadis, looks at the changing residential model of the housing associations towards a multi-tenure world that could thrive in the fa…