A change in direction for LAs
Richard Jones, partner at Arcadis, says he is seeing a much more innovative approach to housing from local authorities - and this is likely to help with the ca…
Margins slip at private firms
Steve Menary looks at the performance of the privately owned housebuilders and finds it is not all good news
Planning permissions key to increased sales
Larger housebuilders have significantly increased their sales per site since the trough, but active site numbers have remained almost static. Further increases…
Industry fundamentals will ensure Brexit bounce back
The fundamentals of the industry are still in place - Britain still needs housing, so any hiatus should be temporary. The question is, how long will it last?
Life after the Brexit vote
Ben Roskrow accepts that the industry is in for a bumpy ride following the vote for the UK to leave the EU, but the fundamentals are still strong - we need new…
Land buying challenges for SMEs
Andrew Orriss, head of business development at SIG Insulation, agrees that SME housebuilders are essential to increase new homes supply, but argues that it is …
Is it time to sell everything?
Stephen Byfield, managing director of communications consultancy PPS Group, reads the economic runes and reckons that a diary note he wrote predicting a downtu…
The new housing delivery model
The whole outlook for residential development could be changing as registered providers merge to form powerful providers of new homes. Richard Jones, partner a…
A statement of intent from the housebuilding industry
It is just over a year since the Conservative's election victory, but so much has happened in the industry that it seems longer. But there is more to come, fro…
Economic lessons from Leicester
The pain that we all endured from 2008 to 2010, due to the recession rather than Leicester struggling away at Hartlepool United, makes us ever more vigilant in…
