Observations on housebuilders and Brexit
Suzie Mayes offers her thoughts on Brexit and the housebuilding industry, and what the merger of three key housing associations could mean
Are your roof systems up to the standard?
Gavin White, product manager of Marley Eternit, explains why housebuilders need to review their roof system specifications and check the quality of their dry f…
Improving the fabric efficiency of houses
Richard Kinloch, national technical sales and specification manager of the Keystone Group, looks at the role of innovative new products in improving the fabric…
The business plan of the emerging PRS model
Richard Jones, head of residential at Arcadis, looks at the KPIs that make private rented work as both an investment proposition and as a business proposition
Sector remains strong despite external forces
Steve Menary looks back at a challenging few weeks for the industry but argues that the fundamentals are still there to suggest share price stability in the se…
Skilled workforce needed to build quality homes
HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseley finds that in discussions with senior industry figures about increasing capacity and customer service, a shortage of qua…
Lies, damned lies and statistics
To judge whether we are on track to meet the government's 1 million housebuilding target, we need accurate statistics. The current situation is far from satisf…
Burying Affordable Rent, not praising it
Like Mark Antony, Montague chose his words carefully when he spoke of the government, mindful no doubt that this is the new dynamic
A time of change for the housing industry
Ben Roskrow says that the changes introduced over the past few months by the government are now starting to play out in the industry - and the effect was clear…
New homes supply won't solve our housing challenge on its own
There are timely reminders that the housing crisis will not be solved by the UK private sector housebuilding industry alone. Ben Roskrow argues that every…
