Time for a proper debate on design
HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseley argues that the recent intense criticism of housing design is not justified. If there is to be a debate on this key issu…
Home builders in viability trap
The state has backed the home building industry into a viability trap which is incompatible with the government’s desire to see a large increase in housing com…
Seeking solutions to consumers’carbon concerns
Housebuilders have long been mindful of the lack of warmth among the public for the zero carbon agenda
What if Shapps is right?
Housebuilders are seriously concerned about proposed Tory planning policies which, they say, could bring residential development to a halt. But are they giving…
In a state
All of Britain’s biggest housebuilders have managed to avoid the recession black hole. Steve Menary reports on how 2009 has been for the top players and how th…
Open minds needed to make land levy work
HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseley highlights concerns over the new Community Infrastructure Levy while looking ahead to a possible Budget and a certain Ge…
Home builders need freedom to deliver
Looming public borrowing and spending constraints mean private home builders will have to deliver the vast majority of new housing over the next decade. Freein…
Housing provides an antidote to dull politics
In housing – or the provision of new homes in the UK – there is a fundamental difference in the views of Labour and Conservative. The difference is based on ol…
A night to warm the heart
Ben Roskrow celebrates the skills and tenacity of the UK's top site managers, revealed by the NHBC in this year's Pride in the Job Awards
Looking ahead
The recent round of trading statements have been encouraging for the Square Mile. But as he looks ahead to 2010, Steve Menary asks if a fragile recovery is wha…
