Britain’s forgotten housebuilders: Reviving the UK’s SME housebuilding sector

Aleem Khan, real estate partner at law firm, Boodle Hatfield, looks at the challenging conditions facing SME housebuilders, from financing to planning, and what needs to change to support the sector. The mathematics are stark and sobering. Four decades ago, small and medium-sized (SME) developers delivered 40% of Britain’s new homes. Today, that figure has…