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Explore Offsite Housing
Housebuilders have been dealing with an increasingly volatile market – battling with skills shortages, vast fluctuations in the cost of materials, the financial crisis and high mortgage rates stagnating sales. The first drop in interest rates for more than four years came in August 2024, but borrowing costs remain stubbornly high for both developers and prospective purchasers.
Add to the mix, the new housing targets imposed by the Labour Government and there is certainly a lot of information to process. Taking place in November 2025 – the Explore Offsite Housing conference has an important role to play in cutting through the rhetoric and focusing on how these challenging targets can be achieved.
Forming a major part of the Explore Offsite Housing conference programme, the results of this survey and findings from a new report by Savills commissioned by the National Housing Federation will be debated. This report reveals that there is likely to be a shortfall of up to 95,000 new homes a year on average, so we have to ask – does 2025 signal the start of a new more positive era for housebuilders, homeowners and tenants, or is the plan doomed to failure right from the get-go?
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Bringing together those with a ‘finger on the pulse’ of the housing industry across social, affordable, build to rent and private homes – Explore Offsite Housing has an objective to determine if these targets are realistic and how industrialised construction could help deliver circa 370,000 homes a year.
The target to build 1.5 million new homes across the term of this parliament is a big ask for housing developers but knowledge is crucial to success. Through modern methods of construction exploiting the benefits of cutting-edge digital design and manufacturing technology – 2025 could prove to be a turning point for those operating in the residential construction sector.
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Structural Timber Conference
In partnership with the Structural Timber Association, the Structural Timber Conference takes place in Birmingham October 2025, co-located with the Structural Timber Awards!
Providing a focal point for celebrating timber’s success and steering discussions that will define its future. Through the Timber in Construction Roadmap, the government has committed to increase the safe use of timber in construction (TiC) in England, to help reduce embodied carbon in the built environment and drive investment into tree planting, forest management and domestic supply chains, creating new green jobs and industries.
Following a year of remarkable achievements and innovations, the conference promises to showcase the benefits and explore the possibilities of timber construction. With influential speakers and engaging discussions, the Structural Timber Conference 2025 addressed the challenges, present solutions and analysed successes, that help drive the industry forward.
With a heightened focus on circularity and sustainability, this event tackled the crucial question of ‘what’s important right now?’ for the structural timber sector.
Designed for a diverse audience, including architects, engineers, clients, contractors, local authorities, housebuilders and developers – the event provides a firsthand look at cutting-edge technologies and designs shaping the future of UK timber usage. As demand for more sustainable structures continues to grow, the conference invites industry professionals to dive deep into the current state of the timber industry and contribute to redefining the future of offsite timber construction.
More information available here: Structural Timber Conference
The Structural Timber Conference speaker programme is now live – view the whole line up here
