Professional Housebuilder & Property Developer Media Pack 2026
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REACH & INFLUENCE
For 19 years Professional Housebuilder and Property Developer (PHPD) has been a trusted source of information for housebuilders and developers focussing on the construction of new residential properties. PHPD reports on key developments in the industry, the latest standards and new regulations, whilst providing in-depth information on the latest building materials and solutions. It also assists readers in design, finance, planning, sales and marketing of new homes.
PHPD’s core focus is SME housebuilders, property developers and residential architects. While national builders construct many of the new homes across the UK, SME housebuilders & developers, their architects and design
teams, play a vital role in the creation of new homes including:
- bringing forward small to medium size developments
- delivering fast build-out rates
- building on brownfield and regeneration sites
- creating homes within existing communities
- reacting quickly to market requirements
- constructing bespoke architecturally inspired homes
Every issue of PHPD is also available to read page by page online at www.phpdonline.co.uk and emailed out in a digital format to around 8,400 housebuilding personnel and architects with an average open rate of 47%.
MULTI-PLATFORM
PHPD is available in print, online, across social media and has a dedicated weekly email newsletter
17,286 October 2025 circulation
15,144 People receive our weekly e-newsletter 28-32% open rate
A GROWING INDUSTRY
“Build baby build” is the tagline for the housebuilding industry in 2026. If 2024 was the year of new pledges and promises, 2025 was the one where these started to materialise.
The Government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill is a prime example of this and is powering through Parliament, ready to tackle local councils, a longstanding hurdle for SME and Regional Housebuilders. With almost 900 major housing schemes blocked in the last year, this legislative change is set to change the game for our nation’s builders alongside the Future Homes Standard 2025, which is set to usher in a new era of sustainable building.
It is in this climate of legislative change and renewed government support that housebuilding is experiencing a resurgence. While final figures for the whole year are still to be released, ONS data has shown a 17.4% increase in new build starts in Q1 2025, compared to the same period in 2024. With this backdrop, and at a time where housebuilders are expected to deliver high quality, sustainable homes at speed, now is the time for those in the industry to look for new ways to build — and a perfect opportunity for you to promote your products and services to those who will be looking to stand out from the crowd.
1.5 Million
The Government's target for new-home construction by 2029
2.8%
UK house price increase in the year to July 2025*
£270,000
Average property value in the UK*
EDITORIAL OPPORTUNITIES
PHPD is editorially led delivering distinctive features, relevant news, updates on developments, commentary on the sector and detailed coverage of the latest building techniques and materials.
ALSO IN EVERY ISSUE
FEATURES
In every issue we take a closer look at key areas of product specification for a detailed insight into the latest building materials, techniques, regulations and standards.
(See Features List for more details).
SPECIAL REPORTS
Key topics of relevance that do not fit into our regular features are covered in our Special Reports section allowing readers access to the latest information from leading experts on planning, net zero, biodiversity, nutrient neutrality and standards and regulations.
NEWS
The latest updates from around the sector including stories from manufacturers, housebuilders and the wider construction community.
- Developments: A round-up of residential building projects from across the UK.
- General Building: A round up of the latest products, materials, CPDs, and other solutions on the market.
- Business Corner: Everything behind the scenes from finance to marketing.
- Housebuilders on Housebuilding: we let the industry speak for itself on the topics that vex it - finance, planning, land and skills shortages.
- Conversion & Restoration: not all new dwellings are new builds, and we look at the best examples of conversion, conservation and restoration.
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FEATURES 2026
A huge number of materials are required to build a new home. At the heart of its offering, PHPD keeps its audience informed of the latest product launches and developments across the broad spectrum of building products – from bricks to bathrooms, heat pumps to EV charging.
Information and guidance on key areas of housebuilding including finance, planning and design also feature regularly. The features within PHPD have been carefully selected to reflect the core elements of constructing new-build homes.
JANUARY/FEBRUARY
Finance, Planning & Design
Groundworks & Foundations
MARCH/APRIL
Building Structure & Exterior
Heating, Plumbing & Electricals
MAY
Kitchens & Bathrooms
Doors & Windows
JUNE
Interior Finishes Sustainability
JULY/AUGUST
Finance, Planning & Design
Groundworks & Foundations
SEPTEMBER
Building Structure & Exterior
Heating, Plumbing & Electricals
OCTOBER
Kitchens & Bathrooms
Doors & Windows
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER
Interior Finishes
Sustainability
If you would like to submit any press releases, synopses or articles for consideration for anything mentioned above please contact the editorial team for details. For advertising or sponsorship enquiries, or any editorial submissions please do not hesitate to get in touch
CONTACT INFORMATION – For advertising enquiries or editorial submissions please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Editorial: Edward Kelly, Editor ekelly@hamerville.co.uk 07824 774791
Advertising: Marcus Hooper, Advertisement Manager mhooper@hamerville.co.uk 01923 237799 Ian Duff, Sales Manager probuilder@sky.com 07810 353525 / 01204 596633
ADVERTORIAL SUPPLEMENTS
Professional Housebuilder & Property Developer also offers Advertorial Supplements that run in both the print and digital version.
Companies have the opportunity to communicate the value of their products and support to a key audience of merchant personnel across our platforms.
Each of these Advertorial Supplements occupy a dedicated 8-page section of the magazine and can focus on a key product or operational area, introducing our readers to new business opportunities in the process.
There is also, however, the option of focusing on a subject that aligns with a particular product launch or campaign, creating a completely bespoke promotional tool for individual businesses.
The supplement is included and sent out with our full circulation of printed magazines and is also emailed directly in a dedicated digital format to over 8,000 housebuilding professionals. It is also posted on the PHPD website alongside our regular magazine archive.
On the digital version we can embed pop up videos, interviews, step-by-steps, technical pages and more,
making it fully interactive and engaging.
It is also promoted directly on our email newsletters and supported across all our social media channels. On top of all that, it will also be available to you directly, so you can use it across your own social channels too.
The supplements will be professionally edited by our in-house editorial team and designed and printed along with the magazines.
Advertising copy deadline: four weeks prior to publication. All prices are exclusive of VAT
Magazine contacts:
Editorial: Edward Kelly, Editor ekelly@hamerville.co.uk 07824 774791
Advertising: Marcus Hooper, Advertisement Manager mhooper@hamerville.co.uk 01923 297799 Ian Duff, Sales Manager probuilder@sky.com 07810 353525 / 01204 596633
Production: Kerri Smith, Production Assistant kerri@hamerville.co.uk 01923 237799
EMAIL
PHPD Newsletter
The regular Professional Housebuilder and Property Developer email newsletter is sent out weekly to 15,144 active key personnel in the sector. It is designed to keep them updated on all the latest and most relevant content to hit the site. There are four prominent banner positions available to advertisers on each newsletter:
Delivered to - 15,144
Rate - £850 per banner Spec - 600 x 120px
£700 per video Spec - 600 x 338px
Acceptable formats: Jpeg, gif, animated gif. We cannot support third party click tags. For animated gif, please ensure relevant info is contained in first frame of the animation.
l Please supply a URL with your copy to link to the advert
l Copy to be supplied 10 working days prior to send out date
l Supply to digital@hamerville.co.uk
Sponsored Solus Newsletter
There is also a weekly opportunity for an advertiser to promote its brand directly to potential customers through solus sponsorship of a bespoke email. Content is exclusively from the one company and can be provided as complete HTML code or made up by us to the template specification below:
Delivered to - 15,144 Rate - £1,950
Template Specification:
Up to 10 word heading
Up to 50 word intro
Up to 400 word main text
Lead Image 1 –min. 600px wide
Images 2 and 3 - 450 x 450px
Image 4 – min. 600px wide
Company logo and contact details / URL Links
Subject line
HTML Specification:
Recommended email width is 600 pixels. Please ensure you host all graphics and that the HTML is mobile responsive and fully tested prior to sending to us as we cannot amend your coding.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL EMAIL CREATIVE IS REQUIRED 10 WORKING DAYS PRIOR TO THE SEND DATE
l Supply to digital@hamerviile.co.uk
LEAD GENERATION
PHPD offers an effective way of generating direct leads for both advertising and editorial inclusions featured in the publication through the launch of the magazine’s brand new RDR.link reader enquiry service and Flickbook format.
RDR.link
With a wide array of online resources supporting the latest solutions –from videos to technical guides, PDFs to podcasts –it can be a challenge for housebuilders to locate what they need quickly and efficiently. To ensure they’re not missing out on these valuable resources, PHPD has introduced RDR.link –a new service that transports users immediately to the online resources mentioned in stories.
Flickbook
Featuring both clickable advertising and editorial links to take users to further information for products and services they’re interested in – PHPD’s Flickbook version ensures that housebuildersare delivered to company sites and resources with just one click of a button.
Option 1: Readers enter the unique RDR.link code and address (www.rdr.link/ez101, for example) into their web browsing search bar. They’ll then be directed to the relevant online resource.
Option 2: Readers visit the RDR.link home page at www.RDR.link and can type the unique five digit RDR.link code (ez101, for example) into the search bar on the page. They’ll then be directed to the relevant online resource.
DATA ANALYSIS
Introduced in direct response to feedback from the sector, PHPD has established a market-leading platform through which every digital interaction with any of our products can be assessed and measured. This innovative tool allows us to help marketing teams establish how content is being received by the large PHPD audience across any of our digital platforms.
Our system tracks how the PHPD audience is viewing each advert, piece of editorial, newsletter or bespoke email across our digital offering. These detailed statistics will prove invaluable to marketing teams wishing to assess results of campaigns and help inform future projects.
PHPD is able to provide the following information:
Website Statistics
● Average Users P/M
● Average Sessions P/M
● Average Pageviews P/M
● Average Session Duration
Editorial Content
● Total reads
● Time spent engaging with your content
Website Advertisements
● Impressions
● Clicks
● Click through rate
Email Banners/Bespoke Emails
● Delivered
● Opened
● Clicked
● Which Links have been clicked
RDR Link Tool
● Total Link usage
Online Flickbook
● Total Read time
● Links clicked
Our bespoke reporting system collates all these statistics to demonstrate the total activity a brand has received from across PHPD’s digital platforms.
Using these statistics you can tailor your content to our audience – maximising the interaction and number of leads you receive as a result.
Please ask a member of our sales team to find out how PHPD Data Analysis can help to deliver your marketing goals.
WEBSITE
Professional Housebuilder and Property Developer provides a leading digital source of information for housebuilders and developers of all sizes at www.phpdonline.co.uk. It gives access to all the latest industry news and developments, product launches, legislative changes and technical requirements. The ‘Features’ on the site are a valuable source of advice and opinion on all areas of the sector. All the features are fully searchable and include exclusive online-only content.
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/ month
Homepage carousel highlighting 4 articles on site (500-800 words & one high res image per article). £600 / month
l All adverts to be supplied in jpeg or gif format, along with a URL to link the advert to l Copy date is 10 working days prior to upload date
(Jan-Sept 24)
VIRTUAL SOLUS SHOWCASE
Professional Housebuilder & Property Developer is now offering a brand-new digital platform designed to take your content directly to a housebuilder audience in an inviting and accessible new format.
The virtual solus showcase is a dedicated digital connection emailed to our whole database of 10,500 housebuilding professionals, featuring sponsored content throughout.
A bespoke welcome page features your logo in the middle and the main elements you want to promote in the sub-pages of the digital book. Recipients simply click on the banners to be taken to the relevant content. This can be anything from products, videos, catalogues and technical sheets to special offers, competitions and giveaways.
We have a range of different templates for the landing page and video presentations but you can also provide your own PDFs for any of the multiple sub-pages.
To promote the best level of engagement, each digital showcase is made up of main entrance spread plus a further four sub-spreads and is all fully monitored and trackable. It is also made available to you to share and promote directly through your own social and digital channels
Rates: 10 page Solus Showcase - £5,000
For more information or to discuss the flexibility of this new digital experience, please contact us via the details below.
