“The UK housing market is in crisis, with young buyers unable to get on the ladder, and families continuing to live in houses they’ve out-grown for longer than traditionally they would have had to. Houses may be getting smaller but we are needing to build more of them than ever so ultimately our needs for bricks is greater than before. We need investment in the sector to boost production, and housebuilding needs an image overhaul, to become a more attractive career prospect for school leavers and graduates.
Until this is addressed, we might as well resign ourselves to a life time of astronomical prices and falling levels of home-ownership.”
Mark Hayward FNAEA
Managing Director NAEA