Procurement for Housing Q3 2025 Sentiment Report

Understand where the market is heading

Construction market volatility can derail procurement strategies and blow budgets. Our Supply Chain Sentiment Report cuts through the uncertainty with direct intelligence from manufacturers, merchants and contractors, giving you the insight to plan ahead with confidence.

Social housing providers are making critical procurement decisions in a constantly shifting landscape – price rises, labour shortages, material cost fluctuations and policy changes all impact what you pay and when you can deliver. Without reliable market intelligence, you’re planning blind. This report surveys dozens of suppliers across the construction supply chain to reveal the market mood, pricing pressures and capacity concerns that will shape the next 12 months.

In this report you will discover:

• Price predictions for 2026 from manufacturers, merchants and contractors, showing greater consensus than previous years with most forecasting rises between 2.5% and 6%.
• Why overall supplier confidence has jumped to 9.31 – the highest level in three years – and what this means for social landlords planning major programmes.
• Growing contractor concerns about labour shortages, with skills gap anxiety rising from 6.35 to 7.06 on a 10-point scale.
• How supplier relationships with public sector customers have strengthened to 8.6, up from 7.9 just 12 months ago.
• Critical context on construction output, materials pricing, wage inflation and vacancy trends that will impact your procurement decisions.
• Expert analysis of what’s really driving price rises in 2026 – and how to challenge suppliers with the right data.

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