Knight Frank spoke to nearly 70 housebuilders and developers across the country for its annual Housebuilder Survey. The companies represented in the survey built more than three-quarters of all new housing in England in 2015/16. Knight Frank’s...
Read moreTheresa May’s famous wrong turn when she walked out of No. 10 for the first time last July could easily be interpreted as a sign of things to come, as the country faces changing direction yet again. With the new housing minister, Alok Sharma...
Read moreHousing has now moved up the political agenda, although there have been no calls to tear up the current plan-led system: but is it working as intended? Savills investigated the plan-making process and delivery of housing since the introduction of...
Read moreBeyond the moral outrage on some of their best-known stances, the DUP has a fine track record of ploughing new funds into new social housing. CIH Northern Ireland has voiced concerns that this could be halted by UK-wide social security cuts if...
Read moreThe first poll of business leaders since Thursday’s General Election reveals a dramatic drop in business confidence and huge concern over political uncertainty, and its impact on the UK economy. Company directors see no clear way to quickly...
Read moreThe proportion of households living in the Private Rented Sector (PRS) will rise to 24% by 2021, according to new Knight Frank Research. Knight Frank’s latest PRS research, The Multihousing Report, released this week, also indicates that...
Read moreHousebuilders’ shares fell victim to another surprise election result which sent shivers through the financial market this morning. However, while spooked investors hastily sold off their shares, savvy buyers will be keen to invest in a sector...
Read moreHow the result of the General Election could affect homes built on a new political and economic landscape. The British property market barely had a chance to catch its breath following the Brexit vote before Theresa May called a snap election on...
Read moreThe UK has an ageing population and is seeing the large 20-year demographic ‘bump’ of Baby Boomers moving through retirement. This generation, born in the years following the Second World War, has high expectations when it comes to the quality of...
Read moreThe Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat manifestos all dedicated a chunky chapter to solve the housing crisis. The Green Party mentioned it in passing. The subject of building more homes was conspicuously absent from The SNP and Plaid Cymru...
Read moreThe latest figures from the BMF’s Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI) confirmed a strong start to 2017 with a further three months of growth in the sales of building materials through UK generalist builders’ merchants in Q1. The relatively...
Read moreThe housebuilding industry has set out a blueprint for how it believes the next government can build on recent increases in supply and go even further to deliver more new homes in the next parliament. Whilst supply has increased by over 50% in...
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