Expert Insights on UK Homebuilding
UK Homebuilding encompasses developers and related entities that construct both detached and single-family housing as well as apartment complexes (individual units are often referred to as "flats") throughout regions such as greater London, Wales, and Scotland. Product types vary yet include one and two bedroom coach houses and apartments, three story town houses, and larger homes. Major homebuilders operating in these geographies include Taylor Whimpey Plc, Persimmon Homes Plc, Barratt Developments Plc, Bellway Plc, Redrow Plc, Bovis Homes Group Plc, and Crest Nicholson.
Gerson Lehrman Group Council Members are available to discuss UK Homebuilding via phone consultations, live meetings, surveys, and other custom GLG products and services.
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Featured Council Members
GLG Council Members are leading experts including academics, scientists, and industry specialists
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Nigel Marks
DirectorMarks Consultancy Services
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Jon Watson, MA DipArch DipTRP MRTPI
PrincipalJon Watson Consulting
Study Groups
Study groups are populations of experts knowledgeable on specific sub-topics within a broader industry
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
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| Homebuilding Experts (United Kingdom) | 79 |
| Residential Real Estate Experts (United Kingdom) | 301 |
Recent Live Meetings
Interactive roundtables, private visits, and small scale seminars are types of GLG Live Meetings
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November 29, 2007 | London
GLGi: UK Residential Market
Recent News Analyses
News analyses are expert commentaries on current events, written by Council Members who are available for follow up consultations
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Buy Or Rent? The Future Of The UK Housing Market
July 11, 2008
Persimmon, Savills hit by further housing weakness | www.marketwatch.com
Lowest Housing starts for Decades. Increasing redundancies. Improving Rental Figures. Potential Housing crisis as shortages of homes grow.
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Pretty painful, but not terminal
June 16, 2008
Jon Watson, MA DipArch DipTRP MRTPI, Principal, Jon Watson Consulting
U.K. Homebuilders May Avoid `Armageddon,' UBS Says | www.bloomberg.com
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...
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UK Homebuilding - Can the Government's proposals satisfy the housing need?
July 26, 2007
Nigel Marks, Director, Marks Consultancy Services
The Housing Green Paper | www.communities.gov.uk
The UK Government has announced proposals to deliver 3 million new homes by 2020 to keep up with demand, particularly for affordable, sustainable homes. To enable this to happen, land must be made more readily available and the complex planning process that exists, must be simplified. To achieve...
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March 28, 2008
Jon Watson, MA DipArch DipTRP MRTPI, Principal, Jon Watson Consulting
Where are the first time buyers? Day of reckoning for the housing market | www.guardian.co.uk
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...