Savills says discounted market sale scheme could unlock 700 stalled UK housing sites

• Savills analysis urged wider use of Discounted Market Sale to unblock Section 106-delayed housing sites without extra public spending.
• HBF data showed 8,500 consented affordable homes lacked a housing association buyer as of October 2025.
• More than 700 sites were delayed or stalled over three years because developers could not sell the Section 106 element.
• DMS homes sell at a minimum 20% discount, held in perpetuity, reducing reliance on registered providers during weaker housing association demand.
• Estimated demand reached 530,000 renting families at a 30% discount; 350,000 at 20%; income need fell to 44,000 from 63,000 for a 300,000 home.

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