A summit for action
HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseley reports back on last month’s first time buyer summit and welcomes the Zero Carbon Hub’s funding announcement
Post-crash housing recovery stalls
Housing completions have slumped to an 87-year low. John Stewart argues that recovery will require a restoration of mortgage lending, a big increase in the sup…
Measuring the effect of the Coalition's housing policies
The industry expressed concern that without targets there would be no way of measuring whether enough new homes were being built. Ben Roskrow looks at a new in…
Marginal insight
As the industry embraces the unknown world of 2011, Steve Menary looks at the housebuilders who have reported to the City since the start of the year
Partnerships paramount in new affordable housing world
Richard Jones, head of regeneration and growth at EC Harris, analyses the new affordable housing regime and the opportunity presented by the Regional Growth Fu…
Time to deliver on Stewart Baseley housing supply promises
Home Builders Federation executive chairman Stewart Baseley argues that this coalition government’s promise to increase housing supply is one that the nation c…
Reducing the regulatory burden
The coalition government is committed to reducing the burden of regulation on home building. Ministers and officials face some formidable challenges, says John…
A much needed method to measure new homes supply
Ben Roskrow discusses the new HBF/Glenigan housing stats which, in the absence of housing targets, offer a way of measuring new homes supply.
Don't be a Leicester City on Localism
Three nil down in a blizzard, Leicester City looked like a team hoping the game would be abandoned rather than seeking an opportunity to score. It didn't work,…
