Housebuilders Market Report - UK 2007

Abstract

AMA Research has published the Sixth Edition of the “Housebuilders Market - UK 2007” report. The new edition of this report focuses on recent developments in the rapidly changing housebuilding sector along with the characteristics and corporate activity of the leading suppliers to the sector:-

Key Areas Covered:-

• Review of Housebuilders - analysis of major housebuilders, volumes, market shares, positioning, key housebuilding indicators over 6 years, recent corporate activity, commercial developer activity and forecasts of future trends.
• Detailed Assessment of the Housebuilding Market - housing starts & completions, forecast completions up to 2010, analysis by sector (private/public), mix of houses/apartments, house prices, house-moving market, development land, urban regeneration, forecasts of future trends.
• Focus on Prefabricated Building Products/Off-Site Manufacture - overview of product ranges, use of OSM in public & private sector housing, recent developments, future trends.
• Optional Housebuilders Database also available, see over for details.

Areas of Particular Interest Include:-

• Focus on major changes in housebuilding - forecasts up to 2010.
• Continued consolidation in the housebuilding market, mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures with commercial developers.
• Blurring of the housebuilding mix between the private and public sector and the growth of affordable housing.
• The shift towards apartments and smaller dwellings.
• Increasing influence of mixed-use developments on “brown-field” sites and the relationship between housebuilders and commercial developers.
• Impact of Sustainable Communities Plan, Affordable Housing Programme and Code for Sustainable Homes and the growth of MMC and OSM techniques.

Key areas of coverage in the report include:-

HOUSEBUILDERS

• Overall market size, number of builders, analysis of key changes since 1993.
• Analysis of market shares of leading housebuilders, comparisons of changing shares 2000-2006.
• Major review of leading national housebuilders - analysis of key indicators for UK housebuilding (completions, turnover, pre-tax profits and average selling price) trend development since 2000, current market position.
• Rationalisation of industry structure, recent mergers & acquisitions, review of leading commercial developers in housebuilding, impact of new entrants, future prospects etc.
• Detailed review of the leading regional and local housebuilders, recent corporate activity. Analysis covering turnover, pre-tax profit, completions etc.

HOUSEBUILDING MARKET

• Overview of construction sector, output levels by sector and impact on housebuilding, future trends.
• Current market conditions, overview of the market during 2006/07 - forecasts of completions 2007-2010 - long term prospects for sector.
• Analysis by sector - Private, public, changing market mix, factors influencing the market, future trends, value of housebuilding output by sector.
• New housing starts and completions -trends since 1995, review of market volatility in recent years, forecasts up to 2010, analysis of completions for public/ private sectors by region, impact of affordable housing market.
• Focus on growth of flats - rapid growth in volumes, share changes 2000-2006, future prospects (market saturation?).
• Market structure - stock of buildings in UK, ownership structure, housing stock by age of dwelling, average property prices, residential property transactions, land banks, increasing influence of mixed-use developments on “brown-field” sites.
• International comparisons - UK output and housing supply in an International context.
• Factors influencing the housing market, implications of the Barker Report, the Sustainable Communities Plan and the Affordable Housing Programme, reviews the planning system, household projections, net immigration, etc.

MODERN METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION (MMC) / OFF SITE MANUFACTURE (OSM)

• Overview of factors influencing use of MMC and pre-fabricated building materials, such as environmental and sustainability factors and government policy.
• Advantages/Disadvantages of OSM, use of OSM in public/private housing sectors. Current usage levels, forecasts of future trends.
• Product review - types of MMC, timber, steel frames, bathroom pods, etc.
• Identification of key OSM suppliers by product type.
• Overview of key factors influencing the specification of building products - changing legislation, sustainability and environmental issues, adoption of national and regional purchase agreements, the use of preferred suppliers, influence of sub-contract installation process.

DATABASE AVAILABLE AS SEPARATE OPTION

Database of the top UK housebuilders also available - includes over 700 Head and Regional offices addresses and telephone numbers, 400+ contact names.