The real estate sector is “close to a tipping point” in embracing offsite methods, the Greater London Authority’s chief housing official has said.

David Lunts, executive director of housing and land at the Greater London Authority, told a session on increasing supply at this week’s Chartered Institute of Housing annual conference that he is encouraged by major private companies’ growing interest in MMC (modern methods of construction). 

“When organisations like long term investors and Berkeley Homes are investing big time in off-site, those are the leading indicators that suggest we may well be close to a tipping point.”

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