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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

Richard Jones

Addressing the undersupply of housing

June 7, 2023 Comment

Arcadis partner Richard Jones looks at the undersupply of housing and sees the issue becoming a key differentiator between Labour and the Conservatives

Laura Markus

Local elections prove electoral importance of housing

June 7, 2023 Comment

Laura Markus, HBF public and policy affairs advisor, looks at the political profile of housebuilding and how it influenced the local elections

Christopher Roberts - Boyer

Housing set to be major battleground for 2024 general election

June 6, 2023 Comment

Christopher Roberts, associate director of planning and development consultancy Boyer, looks at the main political parties' approaches to housebuilding

SMITH-Paul

Labour’s housebuilding policy is flawed

June 1, 2023 Comment

Paul Smith of The Strategic Land Group looks at Labour’s enthusiasm for new housing policies and suggests more is done on the supply side than on demand

Ryan Cossar

Building offsite is the key to delivering more sustainable, affordable homes

May 2, 2023 Comment

Ryan Cossar, associate director at the Scottish Futures Trust, explains why offsite construction will help deliver the homes we need

Lindsay Garratt

Time for some levy planning

May 2, 2023 Comment

Incoming building safety and infrastructure levies will affect the viability of residential developments, ,says Winckworth Sherwood's Lindsay Garratt

Ciaran McAliskey

Fabric first shows the path to net zero

April 11, 2023 Comment

Ciaran McAliskey of Keystone Lintels says that new regulations and soaring fuel costs mean that housebuilders need to drive energy savings

Richard Jones

The challenge of viability in partnerships

April 11, 2023 Comment

Arcadis partner Richard Jones examines how a successful private/public jv can operate to generate the profit that will help deliver the goals of both parties

Laura Markus

Overseas workers vital for industry in tough times ahead

April 11, 2023 Comment

HBF’s Laura Markus looks at the findings of its latest workforce census which throw a light on the make-up, age and nationality of the industry’s on-site labour

Ben Roskrow

Industry is still on the political agenda despite Budget blank

April 11, 2023 Comment

Ben Roskrow argues that housebuilding and new homes continue to have a place at the political table despite the Budget failing to help the sector