Open minds needed to make land levy work
HBF executive chairman Stewart Baseley highlights concerns over the new Community Infrastructure Levy while looking ahead to a possible Budget and a certain General Election
Home builders need freedom to deliver
Looming public borrowing and spending constraints mean private home builders will have to deliver the vast majority of new housing over the next decade. Freeing the private sector to deliver will require a revolution in policy thinking
Housing provides an antidote to dull politics
In housing – or the provision of new homes in the UK – there is a fundamental difference in the views of Labour and Conservative. The difference is based on old fashioned ideology
A night to warm the heart
Ben Roskrow celebrates the skills and tenacity of the UK's top site managers, revealed by the NHBC in this year's Pride in the Job Awards
Looking ahead
The recent round of trading statements have been encouraging for the Square Mile. But as he looks ahead to 2010, Steve Menary asks if a fragile recovery is what we can expect
The new paradigm
Richard Jones of EC Harris says that the Private Rented Sector Initiative could be a welcome boost to the industry, but fears for a shortfall on affordable housing
A series of policy misunderstandings
John Stewart questions the foundations of Conservative housing and planning policies, and sets out the cases against housing space standards and Lifetime Homes
2010? Bring it on!
This time last year was tough too as the effects of the downturn became clear. But at least we knew which direction we were going. But 2010? How do you gauge the market with the amount of uncertainty about?
2010? We'll win the World Cup and all will be fine
Forecasting the market in 2010 is mighty difficult with various opinions on how housebuilders will fare. But Ben Roskrow is taking a positive view
Housing – a political battleground
Stewart Baseley, executive chairman of the Homes Builders Federation, discusses the performance and policies of the two main political policies – outlined at the recent Housing Market Intelligence conference – as we head into an election year
