The upheaval is transforming an industry that Kate Barker, a member of the Bank of England's monetary-policy committee, heavily criticised in 2004.

ECONOMIST: British housebuilders are getting bigger

Cambridge's Centre for Housing Planning Research was asked to update the Treasury Commissioned review of housing needs by Bank of England economist Kate Barker.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Call for 60,000 more rental homes

The Confederation of British Industry's chief economic adviser chief economic adviser Kate Barker is to join the Bank of England experts responsible for setting interest rates.

BBC: CBI expert joins interest rate committee

Kate Barker, a member of the Bank of England's monetary-policy committee, examined this question in 2004 and found that the housebuilding industry was fragmented and inefficient.

ECONOMIST: Most Britons want their own homes, and green spaces too

The government commissioned Kate Barker, a member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, to look at supply principally because it is worried about public-service workers in the southeast, such as teachers and nurses, whose ranks Mr Brown aims to increase.

ECONOMIST: Concrete is coming to a building site near you