Features

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

Zero Heroes

Zero Heroes

July 1, 2014 Feature

On the back of recent announcements about the zero carbon homes policy, Suzie Mayes visits Vista, a zero carbon homes scheme initiated by the previous governme…

Team building

June 1, 2014 Feature

Over the past 18 months the housebuilding industry has seen a genuine return of confidence to the sector as builders strive to meet the growing demand for new,…

Put a sock in it

Put a sock in it

June 1, 2014 Feature

New research from NHBC shows a marked reduction in the number of noise complaints by owners of new homes since Part E was revised in 2003. Housebuilder gets th…

Housebuilder Brain Game raises 200,000 GBP for charity

Housebuilder Brain Game raises 200,000 GBP for charity

June 1, 2014 Feature

Heatrae Sadia beat 56 teams to take the 2014 Housebuilder Brain Game trophy, but the real winner was Marie Curie Cancer Care. Housebuilder reports

Profit, planet and people

Profit, planet and people

June 1, 2014 Feature

Lend Lease intends to build more than 1,000 homes a year from 2017 - five times what it delivered last year. Ben Roskrow talks to the firm's head of residentia…

Sizing up the market

Sizing up the market

June 1, 2014 Feature

The task of increasing output must be taken on by housebuilders of all sizes. But for small to medium sized firms this is not so easy. Suzie Mayes looks at the…

Game on

Game on

May 1, 2014 Feature

The Olympic Village, home to 17,000 athletes and officials during London 2012, is now seeing the first of hundreds of new residents at E20 – East Village…

Marvellous City

Marvellous City

May 1, 2014 Feature

At the end of last year, Mar City changed from housing contractor to pure housebuilder. Suzie Mayes speaks to ceo Tony Ryan who plans to make his mark in the i…

Hertfordshire hero

Hertfordshire hero

May 1, 2014 Feature

Suzie Mayes talks to two housebuilders with growth plans who – while different to each other – share a love for design-led housing and are headed b…

Legislating against empties

May 1, 2014 Feature

Stephen Byfield, managing director of communications consultancy PPS, says that there is no easy solution to the problem of investors leaving new apartments in…