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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

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Best foot forward into the autumn

Sept. 6, 2017 Comment

HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseley looks ahead to another crucial period for home builders including challenges on leasehold, Help to Buy, skills and more

Craig Harrow

Assessing Edinburgh’s City Deal

Sept. 6, 2017 Comment

Craig Harrow, head of Newgate Communications’ Scotland office, looks at Edinburgh’s long awaited City Deal. Is it ambitious enough to tackle the “crisis” in ho…

Calum Forsyth

Radical change to be found in collaborative solutions

Sept. 6, 2017 Comment

H+H managing director Calum Forsyth considers the future for innovation in housebuilding, arguing that it is up to the industry to find solutions to the skills…

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New workers research confirms need for industry to step up on skills

July 5, 2017 Comment

HBF director of external affairs John Slaughter looks 
at new research on migrant workers in the UK construction industry which confirms that the work of the H…

Trudi Stewart, Cullen product manager at ITW Construction Products

Revolutionising attitudes to housebuilding

July 5, 2017 Comment

Trudi Stewart, Cullen product manager at ITW Construction Products, argues that the time to act on modern methods of construction is now – the stars are aligni…

A paradigm shift in housing delivery

July 5, 2017 Comment

Richard Jones, partner at Arcadis, looks at the changing residential model of the housing associations towards a multi-tenure world that could thrive in the fa…

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Housing still the focus despite election surprise

July 5, 2017 Comment

HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseley analyses the implications of the result of the general election for the housebuilding industry and finds that policies o…

Andrew Orriss

The future of housebuilding starts now

June 8, 2017 Comment

Andrew Orriss, head of business development at SIG360, argues that it is important to look to the future …but not too far ahead. We need to explore the develop…

Johnny Morris

Examining the new build premium

June 8, 2017 Comment

Johnny Morris, research director at Countrywide, looks at the new home premium – how long does it last on a home and are developers getting better at building …