Housing Today Boardroom: Barometer data
The Housing Today Boardroom Barometer panel take part in quarterly surveys to explore their experience of the residential development market, and summarise their sentiment and expectations for the future. The quarterly tracker monitors trends in starts, completions, prices and other key issues. The Workforce Tracker explores year-on-year recruitment, skills and diversity challenges facing development directors. The Horizon Scanner offers an annual snapshot projecting expectations for the year ahead. Housing Today Boardroom members can access dashboards, data, analysis reports and exclusive expert opinion on the issues raised.
Quarterly Tracker
Quarterly Tracker: Dashboard
Each quarter, the Boardroom Barometer panel of housing assoication development experts share their experience of the market in the past quarter and their expectations for the direction of key development measures for the quarter ahead. Sort, filter and explore their Q3 2025 data.
Quarterly Tracker Report: Fighting off financial uncertainty
Q3 2025: The latest Housing Today Boardroom Barometer finds growing strain from competing investment priorities but optimism for the future
Comment: Operating pragmatism
Even amid uncertainty, pragmatic partnerships are enabling SNG to keep building – but lasting progress needs a new funding model, says Joe Marshall.
Comment: Devil in the detail
Positive signals on rents and grant are encouraging, but unanswered questions on standards and funding splits temper optimism, writes Paradigm’s Martyn Jones.
Comment: We must meet local needs
Momentum is returning to affordable housing, but only plans rooted in local needs will deliver lasting impact, says Aster’s Amanda Williams.
Quarterly Tracker Report: Completions hold firm
Q2 2025: the latest Housing Today Boardroom Barometer finds a resilient quarter marked by rising completions and stable workforces.
Quarterly Tracker Report: Firm Footing
Q1 2025: the latest Housing Today Boardroom Barometer finds a solid quarter with rising completions but growing concerns about borrowing costs
Comment: Homes truths
Government’s bold 1.5m home target won’t become a reality without some equally bold long-term reforms, advises Stonewater’s Jonathan Layzell
Comment: Rising to the challenge
Despite challenging economic headwinds, housing associations are perfectly placed to ensures stakeholders pull together on affordable housing, argues Aster’s Amanda Williams.
Quarterly Tracker Report: Solid ground
Q4 2024: the latest Housing Today Boardroom Barometer finds a resilient quarter marked by rising completions and stable workforces.
Comment: Government holds the key
An improved outlook for inflation and interest rates isn’t enough to support sufficient affordable housing delivery, argues Platform’s Gerraint Oakley – government intervention and funds are needed to address the shortage.
Quarterly Tracker Report: ‘Fund us to deliver’
Q3 2024: The prospect of an improved rent settlement is front and centre for housing association development directors ahead of the new government’s first Budget, finds the latest Housing Today Boardroom Barometer.
Comment: Pivotal Point
The affordable housing sector is ready and willing to deliver new homes; is government ready to step up with the funds, asks Helen Moore, Group Director of Orbit Homes.
Quarterly Tracker Report: Green shoots
Q2 2024: With vital signs stabalising for many development teams and a new policy environment emerging, housing association development directors are focusing on the future, finds the latest Housing Today Boardroom Barometer
Comment: Radical solutions needed
The new government should improve planning, level the playing field in the land market and progress plans for ‘grey belt’ development to relief commuter poverty, argues Platform’s Gerraint Oakley
Finance Tracker
Finance Tracker: Dashboard
What are the key trends for finance and investment for the housing development sector in 2025/26? The Boardroom Barometer Finance Tracker dashdoard provides an annual snapshot of the experiences of our panel of housing association development directors.
Finance Tracker Report: Building on firmer foundations
Q3 2025: Housing Today Boardroom’s annual Finance Tracker finds development directors somewhat buoyed by financial boosts but facing lingering anxiety about the lack of clarity over funding and future costs.
Finance Tracker Report: Think positive
Q3 2024: Housing Today Boardroom’s annual Finance Tracker finds development directors increasingly confident that the borrowing environment is on the up – and a mix of hope and expectation that government will deliver a CPI+1% long-term rent settlement and improved grant rates to kick-start delivery.
Comment: The country needs us
The sector wants to keep delivering homes, so let’s hope that the Chancellor uses her speech to unlock stalled development, says SNG’s Chief Investment and Development Officer, Tom Titherington.
Workforce Tracker
Workforce Tracker Report: Shifting priorities
Q2 2025: Recruitment steady, skills pressures shifting and questions emerging over the momentum behind diversity and inclusion.
Workforce Tracker: Dashboard
What are the key trends for workforce and diversity and inclusion for the housing development sector in 2024/25? The Boardroom Barometer Workforce Tracker dashdoard provides an annual snapshot of the experiences of our panel of housing association development directors.
Workforce Tracker Report: Patchy Progress
Q2 2024: Diversity in development teams has remained static, formal inclusion targets are the rise and there has been a shift in the profile of the most sought after skills compared with last year, finds Housing Today’s boardroom’s annual diversity and workforce tracker
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Comment: Sector can lead on skills
Housing associations could be at the heart of the new government’s skills and employment agenda, says Aster Group’s people director Lyndsay Nickerson – if the sector steps up on skills
Horizon Scanner
Horizon Scanner 2025/6: Foundations for Growth
Stable market conditions and rising social rent ambitions set the tone for a year where delivery hinges on partnerships – and on the policy choices that follow, finds Housing Today’s Boardroom Barometer panel.
Sustainability & Safety Tracker
Sustainability & Safety Tracker: Dashboard
Building safety and Net Zero are top priorities for housing developers, but what are the emerging trends for 2024/25? The Boardroom Barometer Sustainability & Safety Tracker dashdoard provides an annual snapshot of the experiences of our panel of housing association development directors.
Comment: Preparing for change together
Cross-sector alignment will be essential to navigating upcoming building safety framework reforms, says the CIH’s policy expert Eve Blezard
Sustainability & Safety Tracker Report: Targets and Tensions
Q4 2024: Housing Today Boardroom’s second Sustainability & Safety Tracker finds a sector advancing on energy standards, but with EPC targets still outpacing carbon tracking
Comment: Quality control vital
Government regulation is a necessary, but it cannot function in isolation, says the Building Engineering Services Association’s Rachel Davidson – housebuilders must take responsibility for driving contractor performance