British Housebuilders (eBook)

Fred Wellings, former research partner at Credit Lyonnais Securities, is a well respected figure in the housing industry - partly through his Private Housebuilding Annual containing data on the corporate structure of the industry. For the current edition see www.fredwellings.co.uk

Preface.

Introduction.

Part 1: The Supply Side of the Housebuilding Industry.

2. Methodology, Sources and Definitions.

3. The Pre-War Housebuilder.

4. War and Building Controls.

5 The Post-War Housing Boom 1955-1973.

6. Recession and Recovery, 1973-1988.

7. Recession and Recovery Again, 1829-2000.

8. Market Share through the Century. A Summary.

Part II: The Private Housebuilder: a Rationale of Growth and
Decline.

9. The Importance of the Entrepreneurial Function within the
Speculative Housing Industry.

10. Who Were The Builders?.

11. The Rationale for Growth: The Economies That Accrue To
Size.

12. The Decline of the Private Housebuilder: A Chronology.

13. Decline: An Overview.

14. An Alternative Explanation of Growth

'The author's encyclopaedic knowledge from researching and
monitoring the industry shine through, but the book also draws on
company accounts and a series of in-depth interviews with firm
founders and senior directors or their relatives.' Housing
Studies March 2007.

'Comprehensive in its scope and rigourous in its approach - an
essential work or reference for any serious student of construction
and housebuilding' - Building Research and Information