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The latest news, features, comment and analysis of the UK housebuilding market covering policy, regulation, planning, technology, new developments and products

John Stewart

John Stewart’s Viewpoint - New landscape will emerge

Feb. 1, 2008 Comment

Housebuilders went into 2008 battening down the hatches to weather what they hoped would be a brief squall. But the squall looks set to change the landscape of…

Flats go flat

Feb. 1, 2008 Comment

It was heart-warming to see the Centre for Policy Studies’ Ruth Lea, insist on Question Time that our housing market is quite different to America’s

Flint?s manifesto

Jan. 31, 2008 Comment

New housing minister Caroline Flint gave her first keynote speech at a Fabian Society conference on the future of housing on February 5, and just ten days into…

What a lovely development

Jan. 30, 2008 Comment

The heaviest snow in decades is continuing to cause chaos across China ahead of the busy Lunar New Year holiday, state media have reported. Road and rail …

Transport chaos in snow-hit China

Jan. 29, 2008 Comment

The heaviest snow in decades is continuing to cause chaos across China ahead of the busy Lunar New Year holiday.

Republicans hold key Florida vote

Jan. 17, 2008 Comment

Republicans in Florida are voting in a crucial primary election for the candidate they want to represent their party in the US presidential race.

The Walrus

Dec. 1, 2007 Comment

An Olympic stadium made from recycled components? It certainly inspires some fresh ideas for sustainable sports

John Stewart

John Stewart’s Viewpoint

Dec. 1, 2007 Comment

While the market slowdown may affect build rates in the short term,it is unlikely to hamper the achievement of the government\'s longer term 2016 targets

Get quangoed

Dec. 1, 2007 Comment

Hook up with Yorkshire Forward, which managed to splurge £60,000 on a staff event at Center Parcs

John Stewart

John Stewart’s Viewpoint

Nov. 1, 2007 Comment

CABE regularly slams the quality of new homes, but the quango’s housing audit process appears far from transparent or balanced, as one would expect from a publ…