Housing Comment – Page 12
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CommentHome ownership is a UK tradition
Despite warnings that the government scheme is overheating the housing market, Help to Buy has tapped into Britain’s cultural desire for home ownership and helped restore confidence in the market in the process
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CommentKeep up the innovations
The industry needs to improve its innovation and collaboration to produce the products and services that will be demanded by housebuilders and home owners in future. But we shouldn’t just rely on regulation to drive change
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CommentJust because the market's heating up, there's no reason new homes should too
In his latest installment of his diary of a new house purchase, David Frise finds it hard to keep his cool
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CommentDesperate homebuyers need hungry housebuilders
Superprofits at housebuilding firms point to the idea we need a more managed market
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CommentWhat has happened to landscaping in housing developments?
Busy housebuilders are ignoring the detailed specification of landscaping that is so important in making a scheme a success
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CommentWe need a Garden City vision fit for the 21st century
Planners should look to the ideas behind Apple and Glastonbury rather than attempting to re-invent Letchworth
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CommentBreaking boundaries
Greater collaboration from local authorities could unlock big opportunities for construction and boost the economy as a whole, but before we think outside the box, we first need to re-construct it
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CommentHelp to Buy: Keep up the support
Retaining the Help to Buy scheme through to 2020 would provide the confidence the industry needs to invest and increase housing supply, and enable thousands of people to buy their first home
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CommentDebate of the week: Should we have space standards for new homes?
Three industry views on the government’s proposal of a set of national space standards
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CommentSupurbia: What is the real potential of London's outer boroughs?
London’s suburbs could be transformed - and 20,000 homes a year built in the process
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CommentOsborne should beware lure of stamp duty cash
Osborne’s swayed by mushrooming stamp duty receipts to deliver “housebuilding budget” despite needs of the rest of the industry
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CommentHas homebuying suddenly trumped private rent?
Construction inflation, Help to Buy and customer sentiment all restrict growth of new build rented homes
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CommentApprentices: How do we reverse the decline?
Despite government investment, the number of construction apprentices has halved through the downturn
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CommentYes, things are looking up
There are quite a few reasons why construction should be feeling better about things
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CommentNew planning guidance waters down government growth commitment
Revised guidance produced with an eye to 2015 election, rather than maximising growth
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CommentSustainability: What is it worth?
As green issues become a big issue for big business, why aren’t more companies following through on sustainability principles
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CommentA cause for celebration
The government’s £4bn social housing programme is set to increase stock for the first time since 1979. So why aren’t we shouting about it?
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CommentFarewell to the Code for Sustainable Homes
The government is right to want to scrap the Code for Sustainable Homes
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CommentBig business welcomes Labour's small sites push
The CBI’s Nicola Walker on why business supports Labour plans to allocate public land to small builders - up to a point
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CommentBrighter times with more demand
Housebuilders are in clover at the moment, but there will be pressure to boost output