Insights

Earlier this year, an article by Tom Calver (the Times’ data editor) revealed that the average deposit for a house in London has reached...

Protecting our natural habitats from nutrient pollution is an important part of the government’s 25 year Environment Plan.  The problem...

The Government has announced ambitious plans to change the Building Regulations so that all new homes with a parking space will be...

The announcement that the Swedes (in the form of the BoKlok joint venture between Ikea and Skanska) are to deliver affordable housing in...

It is worrying to see that one of the country's largest regeneration schemes is being hampered by short term cash shortages.   Of course...

A development in Lambeth has been allowed to segregate play areas between those available for use by the private owner and rented...

The Building Society Association have released an interesting report entitled “Laying the  Foundations for MMC”  – I attach a link to...

Halifax Building Society states that limited supply will continue to drive house price growth, and is predicting between 2% and 4% for...

If local authorities are serious about building new homes then they are going to have to get serious about land assembly.  And that means...

There was some big news for the development sector in Theresa May's closing speech at the Conservative Party Conference. In amongst her...

The National Infrastructure Commission has published its first Assessment of the country's long term needs.  Not surprisingly, there are...

After a series of gloomy articles about the health of the UK construction sector here is one which might brighten the sector's mood. In...