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Top 10

Sept. 1, 2005

The top ten housebuilders build more than a third of the UK’s homes each year. Allison Heller profiles the industry’s leading men, two of whom are taking the h…

The Reil agenda

Sept. 1, 2005

[MMC-IMG=1821-A=Left] Frank Reil wants to make David McLean Homes one of the top 12 housebuilders in the country. He talks to Steve Menary about recent acquisi…

Pump up the volume

Sept. 1, 2005

[MMC-IMG=1819-A=Left] Nigel Fee is due to take over as Westbury’s chief executive in a couple of months, and he has big ideas for the plc. He tells Steve Menar…

Top 25

Sept. 1, 2005

[MMC-IMG=1818-A=Left] Britain’s top 25 housebuilders between them build no more than 100,000 homes a year, more than 70% of which are on brownfield sites. Thes…

Getting nowhere fast

Sept. 1, 2005

Detailed research on the planning system, carried out for this year’s Housing Market Intelligence Report, reveals that "tricky" planning applications are being…

Rapid rising

Sept. 1, 2005

The acquisition of Country && Metropolitan has projected Gladedale closer to its target of building more than 6,000 homes a year. Steve Menary talks to founder…

Smooth scaling

Sept. 1, 2005

Brian Green looks at how Britain’s biggest housebuilders performed in 2004, assessing how they have adapted to the onset of more challenging market conditions …

Introduction

Sept. 1, 2005

Don’t mess up

Sept. 1, 2005

[MMC-IMG=1805-A=Left] Peter Nelson, md of the land and property division of Cofton, which buys, remediates and sells on contaminated sites, offers his perspect…

Keeping it clean

Sept. 1, 2005

[MMC-IMG=1804-A=Left] Susan Hawker and Philip Matthews at commercial law firm Wedlake Bell explain the implications of a recent High Court case, which exposes …