Development of the month
Linden Homes’ Graylingwell Park scheme in Chichester is the winner of the Best low or zero carbon development category in this year’s Housebuilder Awards. Suzi…
Four key elements for housing success
Richard Jones, head of regeneration & growth at EC Harris, looks at four areas of potential positivity for the housebuilding industry
Government must take responsibility to help housing
HBF chairman Stewart Baseley says the government must act to avoid a further mortgage squeeze and provide detail on its incentives to local authorities to buil…
Zero carbon must not damage housing supply
The zero carbon definition must take full account of the policy’s impact on housing supply and the compensating policy trade offs that will be needed to suppor…
Housebuilding's own Truman Show
Sometimes, says Ben Roskrow, working in and alongside the housebuilding industry is like being in a long running TV soap opera
New land strategies
Steve Menary looks at the latest results from the big housebuilders as many return to the black.
Sensing a change in the housing market
Richard Jones of EC Harris argues that the market is changing and that housebuilders will need to change too if they are to be successful in the new era. It is…
Beyond Localism
John Stewart asks whether localism offers an adequate political and economic foundation for England’s planning system.
