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Study Group: Residential Real Estate Experts (United Kingdom)(?)

Council Members in this Study Group: 228

This study group may include experts knowledgeable on the UK residential market including brokers, agents, consultants and builders.

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Leading Experts in this Study Group

Jon Watson, MA DipArch DipTRP MRTPI, Principal, Jon Watson ConsultingJon Watson, MA DipArch DipTRP MRTPI
Principal
Jon Watson Consulting

Jon Watson is Principal of Jon Watson Consulting in the UK, a consultancy that provides services to house builders, housing associations and government agencies in the fields of housing strategy, planning and procurement. Mr. Watson has 30 years' experience and a national reputation in the fields of...

Juan José Torrente, Managing Director, Spain Real Estate AdvisorsJuan José Torrente
Managing Director
Spain Real Estate Advisors

Juan Jose Torrente is a Managing Director at Spain Real Estate Advisors (SREA). Mr. Torrente has experience in providing decision making support and services to leading companies in the real estate market in Spain. He has advised in the residential sector, including building process, operations, marketing...

Nigel Marks, Director, Marks Consultancy ServicesNigel Marks
Director
Marks Consultancy Services

Nigel Marks is a Director at Marks Consultancy Services in UK. Mr. Marks currently provides expertise to townbuilders and homebuilders in the creation of new sustainable communities. He has more than 30 years of experience in the real estate industry and previously was a Director at Taylor Woodrow Construction,...

GLG NewsSMAnalyses by this Study Group's Leading Experts(?)

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SAFETY FIRST, BUT A RATHER HASTY DECISION? | 10-10-2008
Analysis of: Kier to focus on social housing | www.ft.com
Author: Jon Watson, MA DipArch DipTRP MRTPI, Principal, Jon Watson Consulting

Kier is one of the major housing contractors in the UK and a significant “second division” house builder.  They have decided to exit house building and concentrate solely on building for housing associations (the main providers of affordable/social housing in the UK).    In...

Buy Or Rent? The Future Of The UK Housing Market | 07-11-2008
Analysis of: Persimmon, Savills hit by further housing weakness | www.marketwatch.com
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

Lowest Housing starts for Decades. Increasing redundancies. Improving Rental Figures. Potential Housing crisis as shortages of homes grow.

Pretty painful, but not terminal | 06-16-2008
Analysis of: U.K. Homebuilders May Avoid `Armageddon,' UBS Says | www.bloomberg.com
Author: Jon Watson, MA DipArch DipTRP MRTPI, Principal, Jon Watson Consulting

Whilst there is no doubt that there will be significant write downs on some sites in most house-builders’ land banks, the nature of the land deals for many of the sites in those land banks means that much of the pain will be felt by the original vendors of the sites rather than the house-builders t...

Attractive new possible opportunity in Dubai | 05-20-2008
Author: GLG Expert Contributor

The opening up of timeshare by Emaar is very interesting for the following reasons:- Emaar are highly respected as probably the best developer in Dubai and are owned by the Rulers family. This is evidenced by the fact that until recently it was very difficult to obtain finance on other...

UK House Prices: Is this the turning point? Probably, but not in the way that most commentators suggest! | 03-28-2008
Author: Jon Watson, MA DipArch DipTRP MRTPI, Principal, Jon Watson Consulting

First time buyer activity is the traditional prop for the market:  despite continued high levels of household formation (225k per annum, compared with build rates of 160-180k per annum), increasing numbers of newly forming households are choosing to rent rather than buy. In parallel, buy to let...

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