The virtual developer
Richard Jones, head of residential and regeneration at EC Harris, argues that no one stakeholder can successfully deliver housing on their own in this market. …
Rethinking the future
The housing policy delivery model that evolved over the last two decades can no longer be funded out of residential land values. It requires radical rethinking…
Looking to the future of housing
There is now a certain excitement surrounding housing as the sector attracts renewed interest and speculation about how it will emerge
The housebuilding model - broken but not irreparable
As the industry starts cautiously to look to the future, Ben Roskrow looks at the future of the housebuilding trader model
One way up
Steve Menary looks for signs of a recovery in the stock market but realises there may be some way to go
Recovery relies on private/public partnerships
The lack of housebuilders at MIPIM, the Cannes property fest, might be understandable but will come back to haunt them, argues Richard Jones, head of residenti…
Mortgage regulation dangers
Mortgage regulation must not be used to overcome the inflationary consequences of long-term housing undersupply, caused primarily by our restrictive and ineffi…
A little local problem
Sometimes governments have to make tough decisions, unpopular decisions even, to get things done
A Tory plan for nimby heaven
Shadow housing minister Grant Shapps says getting local communities invloved in development decisions can see an increase in new housing provision
A seat at the table
In the laborious process of policy formation, home builders try to have at least one seat at the table, but young people and the 90% of the population who live…
