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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

The Walrus

Sept. 1, 2006 Comment

Fancy living with the likes of Kiera Knightley and Scarlett Johansson? A new “buy-toshare” website is just the ticket

John Stewart

S106 demands are a risk to supply

Sept. 1, 2006 Comment

The government believes there is a large, untapped pool of residential land value waiting to fund increased planning obligations demands or a planning gain sup…

The Walrus

Aug. 1, 2006 Comment

Move over Top of the Pops: let’s get down to a long-lost industry smash hit…

John Stewart

Policy support for housing growth

Aug. 1, 2006 Comment

Housebuilding has picked up by a fifth since its historic trough in 2001, but there is still a long way to go before the government’s target is met. Current p…

The Walrus

July 1, 2006 Comment

A sneak preview of the latest edition of the Construction Dictionary of Phrase and Fable…

All systems go

July 1, 2006 Comment

Some of the UK’s best housing developments were built before the current planning system came into force. Is it time to start asking whether we need one at all?

John Stewart

Affordable housing

July 1, 2006 Comment

A decade and a half of affordable housing policies* has not produced housing that is affordable. A thorough policy review is needed