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Are we ignoring one of the biggest construction opportunities out there?

October 2, 2013 Brian Green

One of the greatest challenges for the nation is to repurpose its outmoded built environment to better match the needs of a vastly changed world. It needs to adapt offices and shops to fit with the Internet age. It needs to meet the environmental challenges. It needs to improve all forms of communication. And not last and definitely not least it needs to adapt and expand its stock of housing to meet massive demographic shifts. This is a topic that…

Housing market hits a boggy patch

July 10, 2012 Brian Green

Most of the recently released housing indicators suggest the market is going through a boggy patch and today’s survey from the surveyors’ body RICS seems to add support to that view.

RICS housing market survey provides more worries over build rate for homes

February 8, 2011 Brian Green

The latest survey by the surveyors’ body RICS appears to add as much uncertainty as it does clarity over which way and how fast the housing market is shifting. The headline figures suggest that house prices fell in January, but at a slower rate that in December. Is this good news or bad news?

Open Source Planning: naive, stupid or cynical?

February 23, 2010 Brian Green

If you think that the economy is posing a problem for house builders, you might want to consider the planning proposals put forward by the Conservatives. “Jaw dropping” was one phrase that an expert on planning matters put to me. “Concerning” was the more sedate and political word chosen by the Home Builders Federation, who politely suggested it was a high risk strategy with potential unintended consequences. I found the phrase “barking” coming readily to hand when I spoke to…

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