the real estate development market | UK

1.1 Definition and scope of the study

Real estate development activity is the design and construction of real estate, residential or non-residential, for sale to purchasers who will then either rent it out or use it directly. It must be distinguished from land development activity (developer, land developer) whose objective is to acquire large tracts of vacant land, then to divide them into subdivisions to install numerous infrastructures (sewer, aqueduct, etc.). Real estate development thus includes all the means and actions implemented to acquire a piece of land, to build a building, and finally to have it acquired by a client.

The real estate development market can be segmented between :

• The housing goods (apartment building, detached house...)
• The business goods (offices, restaurants, shops, warehouses, factories, hotels...)
• The goods intended for leisure and/or public use (gymnasiums, swimming pools, stadiums, hospitals, town halls...)

Property development activity in the UK came to a halt in 2016 as a result of new taxes introduced by the British government. On the other hand, there are many opportunities for developers, including new technologies, diversification of financing and an upward trend in the value of acquisitions.