John Stewart - Falling off a cliff
The homebuilding industry is in a state of shock at the speed and depth of the housing market downturn. Urgent measures are needed to avoid serious damage to t…
Hate mail
Estate agencies are closing at the rate of 150 a month – but they’re not squealing for a government cash handout to tide them over because they know that if th…
Walrus
Nerds, stiffies and rebos – some shiny new acronyms for new home marketing
John Stewart’s viewpoint - New home crunch
Housebuilders are having to weather the storm cooked up by the credit crunch and MPC’s attempts to curtail inflation, whilst lenders refuse to lend and offices…
Prezza’s our man
There’s only one solution – to coax our former deputy prime minister away from his deckchair and doughnut mountain back into office
John Stewart’s Viewpoint
While the results of the third annual customer satisfaction survey show three quarters of respondents would recommend their builder to a friend, defects and af…
Poor response to ?50 billion rescue package
The Treasury and Bank of England?s generous ?50 billion liquidity injection into the banking sector could be seen as a taxpayer-funded rescue package. Albeit o…
The Walrus
Imagine if the car industry faced the same agenda as housebuilders: zero petrol consumption, self-renewing non-polymer tires… they wouldn’t make a fuss now, wo…
John Stewart’s viewpoint
The Treasury has predicted an easing of the credit crisis in the second half of the year but this may prove overly optimistic; a housing market recovery could …
