LEADER 05109nam 2200673Ia 450 001 996213070603316 005 20230829005235.0 010 $a1-280-74890-7 010 $a9786610748907 010 $a0-470-76457-0 010 $a0-470-75796-5 010 $a1-4051-7165-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000341799 035 $a(EBL)284205 035 $a(OCoLC)476033536 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000115009 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11140666 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000115009 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10126188 035 $a(PQKB)10471903 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC284205 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000341799 100 $a20060220d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBritish housebuilders$b[electronic resource] $ehistory & analysis /$fFred Wellings 210 $aOxford $cBlackwell$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (306 p.) 225 1 $aReal estate issues 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4051-4918-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBritish Housebuilders; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Part I THE SUPPLY SIDE; 1 Introduction; The book's structure; What is the speculative housebuilding industry?; Sources of information; Published literature; Company and accounting data; Unpublished information; Interviews; Methodology; Measuring corporate size; Houses are not homogeneous; Social housing is included in the more recent unit numbers; 2 The Pre-war Housebuilders; Introduction; The private housing market; A pre-World War I background; Industry context; Building to rent; Which firms built the houses? 327 $aInclusivity of the dataA local business; The influence of local authority housebuilding; 3 War and Building Controls; Introduction; The collapse of speculative housebuilding; Wartime construction; Peacetime controls; The response of the 1930s housebuilders to post-war controls; 4 The Post-war Housing Boom 1955-1973; Introduction; The private housing market; Which firms built the houses?; The period around 1960; Mid-1960s; Pre-1974; The emergence of the regional housebuilder; 5 Recession and Recovery, 1973-1988; Introduction; The private housing market ... the collapse 327 $aWhich firms built the houses?The private housing market - recovery; Which firms built the houses?; The emergence of the national housebuilder; 6 Recession and Recovery Again, 1989-2004; Introduction; The private housing market - the collapse; Which firms built the houses?; The private housing market - recovery; Which firms built the houses?; The era of the national housebuilder; 7 Market Share Through the Century: a Summary; A note on the NHBC data; A note on overseas comparisons; Part II ANALYSIS; 8 Who Were the Builders?; Introduction; The dominant individual within the housebuilding firm 327 $aThe housebuilders - pre-warThe housebuilders - the post-war boom; The housebuilders in the late 1980s; The housebuilders in the 1990s; 9 The Rationale for Growth: the Economies that Accrue to Size; Introduction; Ease of entry; Scale - the economies of the large site; Technological change; Scope - the economies of the large firm; Land acquisition and finance; Marketing economies; Purchasing; Diseconomies of scale; Do large companies earn superior rewards? A statistical comparison; 10 The Decline of the Private Housebuilder: a Chronology; Introduction; The pre-war housebuilders; The early 1970s 327 $aThe late 1980s11 Decline: an Overview; Introduction; Succession; Family succession; Managerial succession; Relay succession; Focus versus diversification; Housebuilding and construction; Housebuilding and commercial property; Housing and conglomerates; Overseas housing; Demand and the housing cycle; 12 An Alternative Explanation of Growth; Introduction; The financial incentive; Because it is there; The importance of not making mistakes: the pool of survivors; Appendix: Quoted Company Departures, 1937-2004; Bibliography; Index; General; Companies; People 330 $aThis examination of the development of the private housebuilding industry from the 1930s to the present day analyses the supply side of the industry, and gives the first comprehensive account of the corporate history of the 20th century housing industry in the UK. 410 0$aReal estate issues. 606 $aConstruction industry$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aHousing development$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aHousing$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aConstruction industry$xHistory 615 0$aHousing development$xHistory 615 0$aHousing$xHistory 676 $a338.4769080941 676 $a728.0941 700 $aWellings$b Fred$0860651 712 02$aRICS Research. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996213070603316 996 $aBritish housebuilders$91920509 997 $aUNISA