UK Property trends and insight

UK property developers are significantly altering their strategies in response to uncertain house prices, according to new research from Shawbrook.

Explore Shawbrook's research on the residential property market, with insights from 550 developers on their outlook and the key factors driving their optimism.

Read our comprehensive guide on commercial property letting and understand how to get into commercial real estate investing. 

Explore the key challenges facing UK property developers in 2025, from funding barriers to skilled labour shortages, and how Shawbrook can help.

Explore buy-to-let market trends and how professional landlords are diversifying portfolios and meeting rising tenant demand despite economic challenge.

Three in five developers are confident that the UK will meet the Government's 1.5m new homes target in the next five years.

Property developers have been withholding capital to remain flexible in the face of economic uncertainty, but since the new government the outlook looks positive and developers should have more opportunities to unleash their capital.

Three-quarters of property developers believe the government setting targets for councils would unlock planning issues

Four-in-five property developers find sourcing development finance the most difficult aspect of their business. Find out more about the funding challenges faced by property developers and how a specialist lender can help.