Historic shift in new housing's economic role
John Stewart looks back at the shift in attitude towards the economic role of new housing over the past four decades
Javid gets it half right
The speech by the new communities secretary Sajid Javid to NHBC's annual lunch last month was really quite impressive.
Collaboration is more than a buzz word
Ben Lowndes, who heads up the south west office of communications consultancy PPS Group, says that old approaches to partnership are being replaced with proper community-wide collaboration in housing delivery
A more coherent housing strategy
Richard Jones, partner at Arcadis, says that although there is still not a clear strategic housing delivery framework in place he is increasingly confident that the government is taking steps in the right direction
An industry that wants to grow
HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseley reviews another busy period for the industry and government, welcoming new government measures that reflect the needs of the housebuilding sector
Margins squeezed as supply rises
Steve Menary analyses the latest results of the plc housebuilders and notes that the push to increase completions is having an effect on margins and landbanks
Brexit will not diminish need for new homes
Cuts to inward migration following Britain's exit from the EU in 2019 will not reduce the need for much higher levels of new home building over a sustained period, says John Stewart
Housing supply as a moral issue
Any concerns that the new Theresa May-led government would not continue the previous administration's drive to increase housing were allayed at the Conservative party conference last month.
Time for permeable materials
Chris Harrop, group marketing and sustainability director at Marshalls, says that increased rainfall is an unavoidable consequence of climate change, and one which creators of the built environment need to address
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
