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- 2006000403 contributor B10405708.
- 2006000403 contributor B10405709.
- 2006000403 created "2006.".
- 2006000403 date "2006".
- 2006000403 date "2006.".
- 2006000403 dateCopyrighted "2006.".
- 2006000403 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [270]-279) and index.".
- 2006000403 description "The supply side. Introduction. 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 Published literature -- Company and accounting data -- Unpublished information -- Interviews -- Methodology.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 ; 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? -- Inclusivity of the data -- A local business -- The influence of local authority housebuilding ; War and building controls. Introduction -- The collapse of speculative housebuilding -- Wartime construction -- Peacetime controls -- The response of the 1930s housebuilders to post-war controls ; 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 ; Recession and recovery, 1973-1988. Introduction -- The private housing market - the collapse -- Which firms built the houses? -- The private housing market - recovery -- Which firms built the houses? -- The emergence of the national housebuilder ; 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 ; Market share through the century: a summary. A note on the NHBC data -- A note on overseas comparisons ; Analysis. Who were the builders? Introduction -- The dominant individual within the housebuilding firm -- The housebuilders - pre-war -- The housebuilders - the post-war boom -- The housebuilders in the late 1980s -- The housebuilders in the 1990s ; 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 ; The decline of the private housebuilder: a chronology. Introduction -- The pre-war housebuilders -- The early 1970s -- The late 1980s ; 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 ; 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.".
- 2006000403 extent "xiii, 290 p. :".
- 2006000403 identifier "1405149183 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- 2006000403 identifier "9781405149181 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- 2006000403 identifier 2006000403-b.html.
- 2006000403 identifier 2006000403-d.html.
- 2006000403 identifier 2006000403.html.
- 2006000403 isPartOf "Real estate issues (Oxford, England)".
- 2006000403 isPartOf "Real estate issues".
- 2006000403 issued "2006".
- 2006000403 issued "2006.".
- 2006000403 language "eng".
- 2006000403 publisher "Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub.,".
- 2006000403 spatial "Great Britain".
- 2006000403 subject "338.4/769080941 22".
- 2006000403 subject "Construction industry Great Britain History 20th century.".
- 2006000403 subject "HD9715.G72 W39 2006".
- 2006000403 subject "Housing Great Britain History 20th century.".
- 2006000403 subject "Housing development Great Britain History 20th century.".
- 2006000403 tableOfContents "The supply side. Introduction. 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 ; 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? -- Inclusivity of the data -- A local business -- The influence of local authority housebuilding ; War and building controls. Introduction -- The collapse of speculative housebuilding -- Wartime construction -- Peacetime controls -- The response of the 1930s housebuilders to post-war controls ; 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 ; Recession and recovery, 1973-1988. Introduction -- The private housing market - the collapse -- Which firms built the houses? -- The private housing market - recovery -- Which firms built the houses? -- The emergence of the national housebuilder ; 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 ; Market share through the century: a summary. A note on the NHBC data -- A note on overseas comparisons ; Analysis. Who were the builders? Introduction -- The dominant individual within the housebuilding firm -- The housebuilders - pre-war -- The housebuilders - the post-war boom -- The housebuilders in the late 1980s -- The housebuilders in the 1990s ; 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 ; The decline of the private housebuilder: a chronology. Introduction -- The pre-war housebuilders -- The early 1970s -- The late 1980s ; 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 ; 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.".
- 2006000403 title "British housebuilders : history & analysis / Fred Wellings.".
- 2006000403 type "text".