Their figures show that this is the only part of the UK where this has happened. This lack of house building is causing the Scottish housing market to inflate, as current homes are losing their affordability.

Gordon Nelson, the Director of FMB Scotland said "Affordable housing is undoubtedly critical, but it needs to be part of a diverse mix of new homes. It is vital that the Scottish Government finds a way to stimulate the SME house building sector to increase housing of all tenures. Many of the reforms and changes that smaller developers are calling for would come at little or no extra cost to the taxpayer and could facilitate a resurgence of smaller, locally-based house builders. In particular, a renewed focus within the planning system on small scale development, by encouraging local authorities to maximise the use of small sites for delivering new homes, would be an inexpensive way of invigorating the private market and increasing output."

It seems that the best way to combat the issue would be to, first of all, target smaller firms. They would be able to aid the government by tackling the problem at lesser costs. This would therefore deliver more homes to the Scottish public and then hopefully stop the housing market from inflating further.