Steve Menary

Steve Menary

Land ahoy!

Land ahoy!

Oct. 1, 2011

Steve Menary looks at the land buying activities of housebuilders reporting recently

The private sector

The private sector

July 1, 2011

Steve Menary rounds up what he can glean about the recent performance of privately owned housebuilders

Finance

June 1, 2011

Steve Menary charts the demise of McInerney’s UK arm which expanded into Britain but could not be saved

Sentiment survey

April 1, 2011

Trading statements and house price indices can seriously affect City sentiment towards housebuilders. Steve Menarylooks at how analysts have been recently rating the top seven.

The long road back

March 1, 2011

Fourteen firms remain on the Housebuilder index after the heavily indebted McInerney was removed. Steve Menary looks at how all of the other index players are performing

Marginal insight

Jan. 1, 2011

As the industry embraces the unknown world of 2011, Steve Menary looks at the housebuilders who have reported to the City since the start of the year

Question marks

Dec. 1, 2010

With fears of another downturn still in the background, industry watchers are carefully eyeing housebuilders’ movements. Steve Menary reports.

New land strategies

Oct. 1, 2010

Steve Menary looks at the latest results from the big housebuilders as many return to the black.

Development of the Month

Oct. 1, 2010

Barratt has remained on the Isle of Wight when other housebuilders have gone home. Steve Menary visits its Hawthorn Meadows scheme which has been saved by its social housing content and reinvigorated by HomeBuy Direct.

Summer statements

Sept. 1, 2010

In July, Investec said that housebuilder trading statements were hiding industry nervousness. Steve Menary looks into this with a round up of the summer’s results