Housing Comment – Page 15
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CommentWhy brick data are still useful in tracking housebuilding
Brick deliveries data can tell us a lot about the number of homes being built but the relationship between the two is weakening
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CommentThe Public Accounts Committee is bang on when it comes to the New Homes Bonus
Evidence is now coming to light that the New Homes Bonus exacerbates the problem it’s designed to ease
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CommentWhat really drives planning applications?
Using data from Barbour ABI we’ve looked at how market conditions influence planning applications, and the results are perhaps surprising
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CommentIs it wintertime for housing policy?
The leaves are falling, and the government has just downgraded the importance of housing policy. But a new model is still needed to build at scale
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CommentHousing challenge requires whole new politics
Are the current crop of politicians up to the task of solving the UK housing crisis?
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CommentCIL: a tax on all your houses
Could the Community Infrastructure Levy be more of a brake on housebuilding than local opposition?
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CommentStrengthening data push construction forecasters towards greater optimism
There is plenty of room for greater hope, but there remains plenty of reasons to temper optimism with caution
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CommentSME housebuilders key to beat housing crisis
The industry as currently formed cannot produce more than 150,000 homes per year
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CommentBIM can help solve the UK’s housing crisis
Using BIM, we can build houses from standardised elements but with enough customisation to appeal to prospective buyers
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CommentCan good design win the day?
Well-designed housing won’t always convince those opposed to development, but we need to strive for higher standards
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CommentNew faces in government
Cameron’s reshuffle affects key positions for our sector and of most concern is the downgrading of the housing minister role to a junior ministerial position
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CommentAre we ignoring one of the biggest construction opportunities out there?
Many of the UK’s buildings need to be repurposed to meet today’s demands, which could offer a wealth of opportunity for construction
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CommentTreasury claims housing
The prime minister’s decision to reduce the rank of the role reflects, perversely, how much more seriously the government is taking housing
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CommentBonfire of the houses
Help to Buy will have a sting in the tail in terms of cost and repayment - not to mention house price inflation - and could end badly
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CommentDon't treat housing ministers like premiership managers
Alastair Stewart on why getting rid of the first housing minister in years who knew anything about the industry is a mistake
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CommentBring back the SME housebuilders
Housing was centre stage over the party conference season, but we will not build the new homes the country needs unless SMEs are brought back into the market
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CommentAll frame and no work
We need to overhaul EU procurement processes which are slow, inefficient and expensive
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CommentThey don’t know what they’ve built
David Frise with the second in his series of articles charting his experience of buying a new build flat marketed as reaching Code for Sustainable Homes level three
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CommentHousing news worth celebrating
Put the champagne on ice until we see a return to a sustainable level of housing supply and affordable prices
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CommentZen and the Art of Building Regulations
Codes and ratings should be voluntary as we will default to mediocrity if we try to legislate for excellence