Propertymark has published housing manifestos for Scotland and Wales ahead of the 2026 Senedd and Scottish Parliament elections.
The organisation called for urgent action to address affordability, boost supply and restore confidence across all housing sectors.
The manifestos set out practical proposals shaped by frontline property professionals.
Propertymark said the policies would support economic growth and social wellbeing, while tackling pressure on households in both nations.
In Scotland, the 10-point manifesto responded to the national housing emergency declared in May 2024.
Propertymark called for action to reduce the cost of renting, increase housing supply, expand construction skills, improve energy efficiency without reducing availability, and help people move onto the housing ladder.
In Wales, the manifesto focused on unlocking new supply, revitalising high streets, improving housing data, supporting decarbonisation and keeping a sustainable private rented sector.
Propertymark said policies that restrict supply should be avoided.
Both manifestos highlighted priorities including reforming property taxes and transaction costs, bringing empty homes and underused buildings into use, investing in construction skills, supporting property-type specific energy efficiency, strengthening regulation and enforcement, improving housing data, and building more social homes to meet demand.
Propertymark warned that without urgent coordinated action, affordability would worsen, choice would shrink and pressure between tenures would increase.
The organisation said this would push up rents, stall transactions and undermine confidence in the housing market.
Timothy Douglas, head of policy and campaigns at Propertymark, said: “Housing pressures are now being felt across every tenure and in every part of Scotland and Wales.
“These manifestos are grounded in the day-to-day experience of property professionals, and they set out practical, deliverable solutions that the next governments can act on immediately.
“Without bold, evidence-based reform, affordability will worsen, supply will continue to fall short, and the consequences for households and local economies will deepen.”
Propertymark also called for collaboration between devolved governments and the UK government, especially on Local Housing Allowance, which it said was leaving more households unable to meet housing costs in Scotland and Wales.
Propertymark urged policymakers in both countries to consider the manifestos and commit to solutions that would deliver more homes, better standards and a system that works for consumers, communities and the economy.
