City sticks with builders
Steve Menary delves into what City analysts are recommending when it comes to the share prospects of the housebuilding industry plcs
Quality queries
In the summer, the All Party Parliamentary Group for Excellence in the Built Environment launched a report, More Homes, Fewer Complaints, putting forward recom…
Establishing a proper housing strategy
The intermediate and private rented markets will become the key focus for government if it wants to increase housing numbers, argues Arcadis partner Richard Jo…
Stuttering stats "lose" a city the size of Newcastle
HBF policy director David O'Leary looks at the world of government housebuilding statistics and reveals some surprising anomalies that have an impact on how po…
Listening to the leaders
If the industry can be likened to an army - and I feel for the sake of this comment piece it can be - then the metaphorical army looks to its commanders to lea…
Holding our breath post Brexit
Ben Roskrow looks at the phoney war following the EU vote and argues it is too early to assess the full impact of the Brexit decision. But it is a case of "so …
Innovation, capacity and skills
H+H's director of housing Neil Thomas considers the latest initiative to address the skills crisis and argues that the industry needs to ensure that training p…
Brexit - how is it going?
Richard Jones, partner at Arcadis, looks at the early effects of the vote to leave the EU on the UK residential sector
Much work ahead for industry
HBF deputy chairman Peter Andrew says the industry is talking to government about SMEs, fiscal reforms and plans to deliver the 1 million new homes target
Landbanks reduced post Brexit vote
Steve Menary analyses the landbanks of the plc housebuilders and sees signs of them reducing their positions as they watch the market with care
