Go Develop Blog

Borrowing constraints, limited political support, and a lack of planning expertise is hampering council housebuilding programmes in London. Although they’ve taken steps to increase their delivery in recent years, the London focused thinktank Centre for London believes...

A new app allows users to find properties for sale and rent by overlaying virtual estate agency boards on Google Maps. Simply go to www.RightmoveRighthere.com and explore a location, double clicking on the map to bring up the boards in a given location....

2 miles southwest of the City Centre of Manchester lies Whalley Range. It’s one of Manchester's first suburbs, built by banker and businessman Samuel Brooks as "a desirable estate for gentlemen and their families”. Today it’s an area of large Victorian houses on...

“The delivery of a quality product on time and under budget are the main measures of success in any development project.” The view of one of our experienced developer clients based in the Midlands. Like so many SME developers, he has the ambition and experience to...

So many lenders have simply shut their doors to SME housebuilders but a ‘no’ can be turned into a ‘go’ with a refreshing new alternative in the world of development finance. Good SME developers always have more opportunities than funds available. Asset rich but cash...

Buy-to-let has proved to be a fantastic investment opportunity over the last 20 years, giving many landlords a way of capitalising on an ever-soaring property market. But the shine has rather come off buy-to-let in recent years with tightening regulations, and a shift...

Regardless of snap elections or Brexit, there’s a bigger underlying issue at the heart of our economy – the British housing market remains chronically under supplied and has done for the last two decades. Various figures are bandied around but many agree that around...

We see it all the time. Just getting a foot in the door with a traditional financer can be problematic, long winded and where policies and LTV’s constantly change. Most lenders don’t understand the essential partnership of developer and funder, putting in place...

Regardless of snap elections, Brexit or whether it’s going to be a BBQ Summer, there’s a bigger underlying issue at the heart of our economy – the British housing market remains chronically undersupplied and has done for the last two decades. Various figures are...

Many agents are pricing properties on the basis of before and after Brexit, with prices showing a variance of as much as 15%. As the economy weakens, this could be a more marked variance, cushioned possibly by lower interest rates, although there is not a long way...

With the demographic time bomb approaching, the numbers of retirees that are swelling the population mix means some three million are relying on downsizing their home to fund a pension according to Royal London a pension firm. As more and more of the grey grow old...

We all like certainty, none moreso than the markets and they have had reason to be spooked rather more than usual and have responded accordingly; expect much more in the coming months. The pound is now around the $1.30 mark, the lowest level since the mid 1980’s and...

The old saying goes “It’s grim up North but the streets of London are paved with gold”. For generations we’ve all heard these views, although we know that in reality the situation is very different. So why are many still fixated on assessing an opportunity by...