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Contractors warn housing bill uncertainty already impacting jobs

As homeownership remains out of reach for many Americans, Congress is debating what could become one of the most comprehensive housing bills in decades. The proposed 21st Centur...

Private new housing work recovers in February, ONS says

Mixed picture for sector with three month snapshot continuing to show reverse

Oman housing sector improves services, boosts investment

MUSCAT: The Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning has unveiled a series of key indicators highlighting a significant transformation in Oman’s housing and urban development sector,...

Housing Supply and Demand

Metro areas/states allowing sprawl (Texas metros like Dallas/Houston permitted ~72k homes in 2024 alone) + densification (Minneapolis, Auckland NZ upzoning → 21–24% rent drops in t...

Housing Supply ‘Stronger’ But Economic and Geopolitical Outlook Sees Buyers Cautious

The number of new homes coming onto the housing market in Wales rose again during March, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Residential Market...

UKREiiF 2026: Housing secretary admits he needs ‘to have conversations’ with Treasury about stimulus to kickstart demand

Steve Reed says sector needs ‘support’ in wake of Middle East war

Bengaluru’s housing market is growing, but affordability shrinking

Policymakers must create flexible instruments that bring private players into affordable housing or mandate their participation outright

UK housing market faces strain as bond yields rise and Labour tensions grow

Markets are pricing in uncertainty over the UK’s medium-term fiscal outlook

Housing up, overseas investment down, in Q1 2026

TerraQuest has released data showing housing planning applications at their highest level since 2022. In the same period, Real Estate:UK and CoStar Group say overseas investment i...

Affordability, Climate Risk, and Policy Shifts Reshape the Housing Industry

Housing is being squeezed from every direction. Here’s the latest housing news. This week’s headlines reveal an industry under mounting pressure—from Washington deregulation effo...

Which housing finance stocks are attractive bets amid the growth outlook?

Synopsis: Affordable housing finance companies are entering a key inflection point, driven by strong demand, improving asset quality, and supportive policies. Bernstein highlights...

First home buyer scheme fuels competitive tensions at the lower priced end of housing market

Our housing markets are fragmenting. New analysis from Cotality shows that since October last year, properties with an estimated value below the 5% deposit guarantee scheme price c...

New construction reduces housing shortage in most states

Housing shortages have eased in most states since 2020, as new construction has made apartments and houses more affordable. Connecticut, New Jersey and Rhode Island are the only st...

Stagflation fears demolish confidence in UK housing

Shares across the sector are taking a beating

White House backs deregulation as it looks to address estimated 10M housing deficit

White House ties housing costs to overregulation and a deficit of 10 million single-family homes as builders face high costs and shrinking margins.

Hong Kong Housing Society aims to boost supply of subsidised sale flats

Hong Kong’s second-biggest public housing provider will gradually expand the supply of its subsidised sale flats, aiming for them to account for 40 per cent of its home supply in f...

BSE Launches Housing Finance Index to Track Sector; Check the 11 Stocks Included

Synopsis: BSE Index Services has launched the BSE Housing Finance Index to track housing finance companies, offering a benchmark for ETFs and funds. Comprising 11 stocks, it helps...

Enabling housing supply and affordability through infrastructure development

By Oluseyi Okeyode Housing is a basic human need, next to food. Housing plays a vital role in the development of the society, with a profound impact on a person’s living standard,...

Why 280,000 New Buyers Will Transform Housing Soon

US NAHB April housing market index 34 vs 37 expected

Prior was 38Single family 37 vs 42 priorProspective buyers 22 vs 25 priorSales expectations 42 vs 49 priorThe US housing industry is in a deep recession and rising rates following...

Housing market signals: Why roofing contractors need to watch home sales, rentals and housing trends

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Labour government faces growing housing challenge as public confidence slips

Fewer than one in five think the Labour government is doing a good job at improving housing, new poll finds

Student housing sector records sharp rise in investment

Demand was strongest in the South East

Public confidence in Labour housing policy drops to 17%

Public confidence in the Labour government's handling of housing policy has fallen to 17%, down four percentage points from May 2025, according to new polling conducted by Ipsos. T...