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We are delighted to see our research report with The Home Builders Federation and Travis Perkins plc featured in The Times business and the Guardian this week. The report focusses on SME housebuilders across the UK and includes details of a survey we conducted to find out the key challenges faced by housebuilders and how the government can better support them to build more homes.

Watch this video to see how we are helping one forward looking property developer to create the latest eco friendly homes.

Get under the skin of the latest innovations and challenges in the UK’s housebuilding sector, with this brand new podcast, bought to you by the industry’s most well-read magazine Show House and the leading specialist funder, Close Brothers Property Finance. The series is hosted by industry veteran, Rupert Bates, Editorial Director of Show House and features a number of SME housebuilders from across the UK, talking about what they know best, building new homes. The topics covered in this series will include building for the future, the next generation of housebuilders, first time buyers and women in property.

I have developed somewhat of a ritual when travelling to Yorkshire. Leaving London with my Barbour jacket and enjoying the obligatory Yorkshire Tea on route to Leeds station, I can confidently say that every time I step off the LNER, I’m still amazed at the vast beauty of these rolling landscapes.

At Close Brothers Property Finance, we have been supporting small and medium sized enterprise (SME) housebuilders for over 40 years and during the pandemic we have seen how resilient the industry has been, especially in the Midlands.

Gary Ferris, Senior Manager talks to the Belfast Telegraph about the housing shortage in Northern Ireland and how Close Brothers Property Finance are supporting SME housebuilders to help address this. Gary talks about how the lack of supply and rising demand means the country is at risk of house price inflation.