Treading Water?

  • Ahead of The Chancellor's Spring Statement on Wednesday, Bull and Bear meet up to discuss the state of the UK house-building sector.

  • Although the UK housing market has seen a robust start to 2025 (and is particularly busy at present as buyers rush to complete deals before a stamp duty saving runs out at the end of the month), the indicators of housebuilding are rather worrying.

  • Residential house building decreased for a fifth month in a row in February, despite the Government reiterating that it will meet its house-building target of 1.5 million new homes in England by 2029.

  • Most of England’s new homes are built by a small number of large firms. Bull and Bear finish by discussing why SME house builders now only develop 10% of new homes, compared to 39% in 1988.

  • Enjoy your Sunday.

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