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Our annual survey reveals the major barriers to housing delivery in 2023, including the planning system, buyer demand, and access to finance.

This year’s report shows that access to land, the planning system and access to finance remain key structural barriers for SME house builders.

In 2021, the availability of land is the most prominent barrier to SME house builders’ ability to build more homes.

In 2020, the planning system has become the most significant barrier to increasing the SME sector’s output of new homes.

This year’s report shows that small house builders predict that skills shortages in the building industry will hamper housing delivery and will eventually overtake access to finance as a bigger barrier to building new homes.

Download the FMB’s House Builders' Survey 2022, the only survey of its kind to track the market of SME house builders.

In Q3 2023, our State of Trade Survey indicates a notable decline in market activity. Workloads, enquiries, and employment rates have all decreased, primarily due to poor performance in the housebuilding, industrial, and commercial sectors

In this report we look at barriers to developing small sites and make practical recommendations on how local authorities and SME builders can work together to overcome these.

This guide is aimed at helping you better understand development finance, where it sits within the housebuilding process and what you need to do to secure finance.

Local builders stand ready to support growth, train apprentices, build more homes and decarbonise our buildings.

This guide is aimed at helping you better understand how to start out as a small housing developer.

These are our key asks for a new Government come the General Election.

We are calling on the industry, the Northern Ireland Executive and Members of the Legislative Assembly to maximise the positive impact that the construction sector has on Northern Ireland.

Our annual survey reveals the major barriers to housing delivery in 2023, including the planning system, buyer demand, and access to finance.

This year’s report shows that access to land, the planning system and access to finance remain key structural barriers for SME house builders.

In 2021, the availability of land is the most prominent barrier to SME house builders’ ability to build more homes.

In 2020, the planning system has become the most significant barrier to increasing the SME sector’s output of new homes.

This year’s report shows that small house builders predict that skills shortages in the building industry will hamper housing delivery and will eventually overtake access to finance as a bigger barrier to building new homes.

Download the FMB’s House Builders' Survey 2022, the only survey of its kind to track the market of SME house builders.

In Q3 2023, our State of Trade Survey indicates a notable decline in market activity. Workloads, enquiries, and employment rates have all decreased, primarily due to poor performance in the housebuilding, industrial, and commercial sectors

In this report we look at barriers to developing small sites and make practical recommendations on how local authorities and SME builders can work together to overcome these.

This guide is aimed at helping you better understand development finance, where it sits within the housebuilding process and what you need to do to secure finance.

Local builders stand ready to support growth, train apprentices, build more homes and decarbonise our buildings.

This guide is aimed at helping you better understand how to start out as a small housing developer.

These are our key asks for a new Government come the General Election.

We are calling on the industry, the Northern Ireland Executive and Members of the Legislative Assembly to maximise the positive impact that the construction sector has on Northern Ireland.