More of the same in 2014 please
All three main political parties are being vocal about the need to build houses and are clambering over themselves to keep the industry on side
Save us from confused thinking on cities
Andy Martin of communities consultancy PPS Group argues that now is not the time to change the way we are seeking to address the regeneration of our towns and cities – years of work are set to come to fruition
Can the SMEs fill the housing supply gap?
Steve Menary looks at the latest results from the listed housebuilders and wonders whether some of the smaller players have the potential to up their output to drive the industry towards 200,000 homes a year
Ground rents attracting institutional investment
Housebuilders and developers can add significant value to their returns by disposing of their freeholds, taking advantage of historically high ground rent prices says Richard Jones, group head of regeneration and growth at EC Harris
Housing to the fore in conference season
HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseley gives the industry reaction to the high profile of housebuilding in the political conference season and addresses Ed Miliband's "use it or lose it" threat on land
Making planning work
To achieve the required step-change in housebuilding, local authorities must accept responsibility for meeting the housing needs of their whole community and there must be a much more realistic view of the role and limits of planning, says John<br />Stewart
Help to Buy at centre of the political debate
At the HMI conference shadow communities secretary Hilary Benn did not dwell on the initiative for long, but what he did say was that the Bank of England should review it now, not in a year’s time
Exploring Help to Buy
Keith Barker, commercial director at Wienerberger, says suppliers and housebuilders need to work together to meet the demand increase generated by the Help to Buy initiative
Back on land and plans
With land buying firmly back on the agenda, Steve Menary looks at the landbanks of the big players and where they are planning to build
Business models emerge from the ashes of recession
Richard Jones, group head of regeneration and growth at EC Harris, says that the recession has prompted a re-evaluation of business models, sometimes prompting radical change, sometimes merely fine tuning
