Margins in motion
Steve Menary looks at the latest largely encouraging set of results from the plc housebuilders and sees an upward trend in margins
Going for gold on Olympic rented model
Richard Jones, head of regeneration and growth at EC Harris, argues that the private rented model is set to have a major impact on housebuilding and sees a sig…
NPPF's brevity is its strength
HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseley reviews the NPPF and two other key documents published recently as the housebuilding industry continues to be the focus …
New homes pick up in early 2012
Recent positive trends in new home sales and private housebuilding activity should be supported by FirstBuy and NewBuy, says John Stewart. While several econom…
Design critics need to see bigger picture
Ben Roskrow says that the design intelligentsia needs to see the bigger picture before criticising new homes design.
Designer snobbery
Ben Roskrow argues that views about new home design are fuelled by a design snobbery that not only manifests itself in architects’ surveys but also in popular …
Satisfying the shareholders
Steve Menary looks at the implications of Persimmon's announcement to pay out £1.9 billion of dividends to shareholders
From Cannes to Brighton
Richard Jones, head of regeneration and growth at EC Harris, reports back from property events in the south of France and the south of England and finds renew…
“Different ways of building for different customers"
In the second of two articles on the mediumterm outlook for home builders, John Stewart argues that the much more diversified nature of supply and demand to em…
Damned if you do…
Ben Roskrow addresses the negativity levelled at NewBuy and explains why the scheme is not a "love-in" between industry and government
