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• Orders figures continue to point to a rougher road ahead

  For those poring over the latest new orders figures released today to find guidance on the future of construction activity I suspect there is something for the optimists, but rather more for the pessimists. It must be said that trying to discern sensible... Posted Nov 05 2009, 12:44 PM by Brickonomics Filed under: housing market, commercial sector, house building, Homes and Communities Agency, construction orders, ONS, quantitative easing, Bank of England, public spending

• How much has the recession cost house builders? um...

  During a conversation with a colleague on the recent spate of cash calls by house builders I was quizzed on how much damage the recession had done to their balance sheets. I made a stab (a lucky guess as it turned out), but I should have had a number... Posted Sep 29 2009, 03:56 PM by Brickonomics Filed under: house building, recession, Homes and Communities Agency, land, write downs, balance sheet

• Why the "innovative" HCA Norwich City deal could prove very significant indeed

  It is not just because I have family in Norwich and support Norwich City that I took a particular interest in the "innovative" deal recently struck between the city council and the Homes and Communities Agency. Nor was it because I have a great... Posted Jun 17 2009, 01:29 PM by Brickonomics Filed under: social housing, house building, Homes and Communities Agency, Norwich, private housing, Richard Jones, Terry Fuller

• Report shows 10-fold increase in 2008 in unsold new homes in London

  The more you scratch the available data on residential development the more astounding seems the transformation in market conditions over 2008. I was invited to be the editor of The Red Book for this year's edition. For those not familiar with the... Posted May 17 2009, 09:47 PM by Brickonomics Filed under: housing market, house building, Homes and Communities Agency, housing completions, The Red Book, section 106, London, stock, London Residential Research

• HCA makes hay while the rain pours

  On the face of it the achievement of the Homes and Communities Agency looks impressive - 50,000 affordable homes delivered "despite" the downturn and targets ticked off as met with the exception of one. Now I am an advocate for the establishment... Posted Apr 15 2009, 01:37 PM by Brickonomics Filed under: house building, Homes and Communities Agency, HomeBuy Direct, targets

• Private housing starts dive well below levels in 1980s and 1990s recessions

  Housing starts in England plunged in the final quarter of last year to levels not seen in modern times. At the depth of the last house building recession during the worst three month period at the end of 1992 private firms started 19,227 homes. In the... Posted Feb 19 2009, 11:25 AM by Brickonomics Filed under: house building, housing starts, Homes and Communities Agency, housing completions, RSL