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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.

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Featured Council Members

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Nigel Marks, Director, Marks Consultancy Services

Nigel MarksWhat is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

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

Jon Watson, MA DipArch DipTRP MRTPIWhat is a GLG Leader?|GLG Leaders are a separate tier of Council Members with a Council Rank in the top 5%. These GLG Member Program participants are eligible for ongoing, in-depth consultative relationships with GLG clients.

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Study Groups

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Study Group Name No. Members
Homebuilding Experts (United Kingdom) 79
Residential Real Estate Experts (United Kingdom) 300

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Recent Live Meetings

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November 29, 2007 | London

GLGi: UK Residential Market

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Recent News Analyses

News analyses are expert commentaries on current events, written by Council Members who are available for follow up consultations

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.

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...

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...

UK House Prices: Is this the turning point? Probably, but not in the way that most commentators suggest!

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...

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