Affordable housing
Affordable housing is one of the dominant areas of housing activity in the United Kingdom where not only housing associations but also banks, private developers and land owners are required to consider value and financial viability of the provision of affordable accommodation.
Design and build quality, including sustainability, community building and social cohesion, are important considerations when procuring new affordable housing projects to ensure long term sustainability.
Cluttons is a highly respected property consultancy firm with extensive knowledge and experience of affordable and mixed tenure housing. Our affordable housing team provides a full spectrum of advisory services to housing associations, banks, developers, public sector organisations and land owners. Leveraging our local relationships and broad capabilities, we provide our clients with market insights, valuation, agency services, and initiatives enabling our clients to optimise their performances.
Key services include:
We offer services to meet specific needs to individual clients. Our services to the affordable housing sector include:
- multi disciplinary valuation to support speculative scheme appraisals with and without HCA and other public grant
- preparing financial viability models including Three Dragon Toolkit for planning and S106 agreements
- loan security valuation and portfolio valuation
- land acquisition and disposal
- valuation and appraisal advice on urban regeneration projects
- housing demand studies, research and market forecasting
- finance advice on funding options
- construction management, architecture and design, cost and sustainability consultancy
We act for a wide range of housing associations, statutory bodies, developers, key worker providers and land and property investors based around the south of England. Our instructions are based on Framework agreements, fixed contracts and individual appointments.