Now, mortgage rates & interest rates are higher, house prices are higher, there isn't 'Funding for Lending' &, vitally, whilst a lack of affordability is the most important problem in higher priced areas of the country,... (5/n)
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... there was government stimulus to help with mortgage rates with 'Funding for Lending Scheme' as well as the initial 'Help to Buy' & interest rates were at historic lows. And in 2013, the main problem countrywide was a lack of enabled demand. (4/n)
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Then, more gradually, the initial Help to Buy (without income restrictions & a £600,000 house price cap) directly enabled demand. However, this occurred when house prices were considerably lower & mortgage rates were too. Plus,... (3/n)
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When Help to Buy was announced in 2013, there was a sustained recovery from a low base, even though Help to Buy loans took off gradually, as government signalled to potential homebuyers it would underpin housing, boosting homebuyer confidence. (2/n)
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Just note that for all the initial noise, public relations & share price rises, 'Your First Home' (i.e. Help to Buy revisited) won't have anywhere near the impact that the initial 'Help to Buy' did (1/n)
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These figures underscore the importance of #NMD in promoting #careers and reshaping perceptions of modern manufacturing...

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... excluding distortions, starts & completions are likely to fall away in 2026 H2 & potentially 2027 H1 due to falls in mortgage approvals & forward sales, combined with further rises in construction, financing & government's extra costs on house building. (11/end)
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... then this would just reflect developers bringing forward starts to build out later, dependent on demand. The broader picture for starts is that in Q2 they remained 33.3% lower than the recent peak (excluding that artificial spike in 2023 Q2) &... (10/n)
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It will be interesting to see if there is a spike in house building starts in 2026 Q3 given that the Building Safety Levy starts on 1 October. It applies on building control applications for new build (not just high-rise) but even if there is a spike due to this... (9/n)
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But clearly, although these high-rise developments can start, they will only be built out based on the level of demand & site viability, which may have changed substantially since they were initially put in for planning given construction & financing cost rises. (8/n)
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... house building starts in 2026 Q2 also benefitted from delays on new high-rise developments at Gateway 2 stage from the Building Safety Regulator (after planning approval but before project start) having improved since the worst of the delays back in 2025 Q2. (7/n)
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House building starts in 2026 Q2 continued to recover from the artificial low point of 2023 Q3 & Q4 (when house builders brought forward starts into 2023 Q2, just ahead of the deadline for building under old building regulations &... (6/n)
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It is also worth noting that the majority of the impacts of rises in construction products inflation & financing costs since the Middle East conflict will only affecting house building viability & activity in 2026 H2 & 2027 H1 due to lag effects. (5/n)
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... this points towards further falls in completions in 2026 H2 as the decline in mortgage approvals & housing demand since the Middle East conflict gradually feeds through to major house builders' work-in-progress (wip) & completions. (4/n)
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The quarterly fall in completions in 2026 Q2 is concerning as most major house builders were still building out until July from forward sales based on mortgage approvals & rates before the Middle East conflict but SME builders were already affected in Q2. However,... (3/n)
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House building completions in 2026 Q2 were 3.4% lower than in Q1 but 1.5% higher than a year ago.

However, completions in Q2 were also 27.3% lower than at the recent 2021 peak & house building continues on its broadly downward trend of recent years. (2/n)

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We finally have the official house building starts & completions data for 2026 Q2 from MHCLG.

There were 35,800 house building completions in England in 2026 Q2 & 143,490 completions in the year to Q2 according to MHCLG. (1/n)

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The #Solinearteam wishes you a great #weekend and happy #NationalTradespeopleDay - celebrating the #skills behind #construction! 🛠️
These are highly skilled individuals whose #expertise, #dedication and #craftsmanship help turn #designs into reality...

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88,357 construction vacancies. Activity improving modestly. Cautiously positive signals. Now read it alongside 3,805 insolvencies in the same period. Recovery and stability are not the same thing. #UKConstruction #RICS

🌾 The question is increasingly not whether the UK has enough straw, but what needs to change around delivery, regulation and uptake.

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