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
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
'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
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