CPD (Ready) Flashcards
Can you tell me what you learnt in your CPD about Building Safety Bill?
- Better understanding of how it will impact on build cost
- How to mitigate potential risks associated with the new laws
WiredScore - What is this?
- Gained an understanding of the Home certification system and how it is being implemented into BTR schemes
KPMG - Private Equity Review
- Learned market activity 2020 subdued
- Cause for optimism resulting from vaccine rollout
Finding sites and development opportunities with Serac Tech
- Alternative land search tool
- Learned how it could help us to find potential opportunities
- Learned how it performs due diligence on sites quickly
Greenford Quay (Greystar) Guided Tour
- Gained understanding of Greystar BTR product
- Learn about what works and what doesn’t in BTR
- Quantum of amenity excessive
Affordable Housing Development Appraisal Session
- Online session on AH valuation
- How do AH providers value
- Value using DCF
- Learned typical inputs
Build to Rent: Design Specification Workshop
- Understand McLarens product offer for BTR
- Key competitors Watkin Jones
- Fizzy Living
- Dandara
- Essential Living
- Moda
Build to Rent: Development Appraisal Workshop
- Key inputs for appraisal
- How to cash flow on forward funded basis
- How McLaren using equity would impact on returns
Annual Review / McLarens Vision
- McLarens ambition to position themselves within Public Sector
- Larger proportion of workload to be public sector based
- Pursuing build to rent investments
Student Property Webinar
- COVID’s impact on student market
- Student demand down slightly year on year although much anticipated to fall away as students return to uni
Registered Provider Workshop
- How would you set up a registered provider?
- What are the potential returns?
- Company’s wider goals?
Permitted Development Workshop
- You can perform certain types of work without requiring planning permission
Unlocking Opportunities - The risk of planning refusal
- How can early engagement with key stakeholders assist in planning?
- Pre-application advice
- Making stakeholders feel they have fed into the design
Property Finance Masterclass
Learned about different types of funding available
- Senior debt
- Mezzanine funding
Property Measurement Workshop
- What are the IMPS?
- When would you use each type?
Temporary Accommodation Workshop
- Helping councils to meet their requirement to house homeless people by providing temporary accommodation
- Potential to sign Council up on a lease on the finished units
Savills Research Webinar - What COVID 19 means for the UK property market?
Discussed how COVID is likely to impact on investor sentiment
- Likely investors will approach with caution
Open Asset Training Course
Software that McLaren use to store project photographs securely for future reference
London RESI Conference 2020
New London Plans impacs on development
- Shift towards using technology in development to improve efficiencies, costs and product quality
BTR Forum London
Learned about key players
“Generation rent” - Young adults aged 18 to 40 who have been priced out of the housing market
The New London Plan (Pinsent Masons)
- Overarching theme of “good growth”
- Shift away from policy making from Local Boroughs to the Mayor in order to encourage development
London Residential & AH Review
- How key players in AH industry feel sector is evolving
- Learnt how AH providers are more commonly partnering with developers to increase provision of AH
ARCADIS Project Cost Workshop
Learnt current costs of resi/student/PRS
- Impacted negatively by Net to Gross inefficiencies
PodPlan Affordable Housing Toolkit
How to model Section 106 element of scheme using Podplan
- Excel software that models long term cash flow of different tenure types
- Gained understanding of AH assumptions (typical)
