As signs that the housing market is improving following a challenging 2025, one area of residential development that could play an increasingly important role in meeting future demand is medium-density housing.

Typically 3–6 storeys at 40–100 dwellings per hectare, it includes townhouses, stacked maisonettes, mansion blocks and mid-rise apartment buildings. Delivering the ‘missing middle’ between high density urban homes and suburban housing, this is an opportunity with significant untapped potential to unlock and maximise sites nationwide.