Developers: How to Maximise Gross Development Value (GDV) for Your Project

Carr Ellison House

Understanding and maximising GDV is one of the most powerful levers a developer has. Yet too often it is treated as a static number rather than a dynamic target you actively shape. This post will walk through what GDV is, why it matters for your appraisal, and then move into six strategic areas you can […]

Building Apartments in 2025: What Developers Need to Know

Construction Workers

If you are developing apartments in the UK right now, you are working through a rare mix of easing base rates, stubbornly high long-term borrowing costs, slowing rental growth and a more muscular planning regime. Get the strategy right, and there is clear runway. Get it wrong and you will watch margins evaporate. Interest Rates […]