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Savills UK Residential Land Report

By UK Land Agent | Published July 27, 2010

Earlier this month Savills released some interesting research highlighting a change in the property industry’s demand for new housing sites as developers focus on developing ‘easier sites’ giving land values a boost. Savills has said that rising competition in the development land market is pushing values up following a slump over the past two years. The [...]

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Brownfield Targets Slow Down House Building

By UK Land Agent | Published April 7, 2010

A government target that requires 60% of new homes to be built on brownfield sites is slowing down house building and restricting growth in urban areas, a think-tank claims. According to a Centre for Cities report, published today, councils often meet the national brownfield target requirement by discouraging development on other sites and limiting the total [...]

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