Housebuilding

Rachel Reeves used her first speech as chancellor to reverse some Conservative housing policy following a Labour landslide.

It is just days after Labour’s landslide win, but it has made bold pledges to boost housebuilding from the get-go.

Making sense of the latest trends in property and economics from around the globe

Making sense of the latest trends in property and economics from around the globe

With polling day in less than four weeks, we outline the main parties’ position on housing and planning

Making sense of the latest trends in property and economics from around the globe

Making sense of the latest trends in property and economics from around the globe

Plus, positive and pragmatic moves on the green belt and investors spend record sums acquiring and funding family homes to rent

Investment in the single family housing market jumped significantly last year as investors turned their attention in greater numbers to the suburbs.

Build cost inflation is past its peak, land house price declines look to have bottomed out, and demand from prospective purchasers is stabilising.