Nightmare
What keeps housebuilders awake at night? What are the big worries for the industry? Housebuilder surveyed scores of key industry figures to uncover the big issues exercising their minds, ranked according to their “nightmare rating”. Steve Menary presents
The Investigator
[MMC-IMG=223-A=Right] Bank of England monetary policy committee member and former CBI chief economist Kate Barker is part way through her government-commissioned investigation into housing undersupply. She chats with Allison Heller about what she has disc
Stormy summer in Westminster
Will Howie looks back on an unusually lively summer at Westminster for both the government and the housebuilding sector.
[MMC-IMG=208-A=Left] Getting the message across
John Stewart draws some personal lessons from his work on the Barker Review of housing supply
[MMC-IMG=207-A=Left] Land battle mustn’t draw fire from planning fight
The battlelines of the Barker Review era are now being drawn - and the war, as ever, will be over land. Who owns it and what are they planning to do with it?
Land banks are a necessity - Barker
Kate Barker, the Bank of England economist charged with investigating housing undersupply, has accepted the need for housebuilders to hold realistic land banks in order to effectively run their business. In an exclusive interview with Housebuilder she sai
Construction deaths continue to fall
Seventy-one workers were killed in the construction industry last year, the second lowest figure recorded, dropping from 80 the year before and 105 in 2000-2001.
in brief
<b>Wolsey funding</b> Wolsey Securities has agreed a new deal with Bank of Scotland allowing it to fund an extra 275 homes each year. The loans are available to small and medium sized housebuilders.
Reservation decline slows up
The decline in net reservations almost came to a halt in July according to the latest HBF survey, while visitors were still lagging behind last year’s numbers. House prices continue to be pushed up and the industry remains largely optimistic about this ye
Land supply
In a move to free up land supply, housing and planning minister Keith Hill has announced that local authorities may sell their land without the secretary of state’s permission. The launch of the ODPM Circular 06/2003 - General Disposal Consent 2003 - perm
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