Futurology is fraught with risk. Ten years ago I led a report for The Housing Forum called Housing for the Information Age, asserting that the post-Facebook generation would soon galvanise housebuilders, surveyors, estate agents and designers to adopt technology and information systems to meet their demands for more meaningful information, wider choice, hassle-free service, more energy efficient and easier to maintain homes. I suggested that it would be winner takes all to be in the vanguard of an information-led revolution, soon to deliver these benefits to householders.